History Of The Great War

The great fall offensives in Artois and Champagne are launched and the results are disappointing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the summer of 1915 came to an end the French and British planned to launch one more effort before winter set in.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest naval battle of 1915 happened in January when a fleet of battlecruisers from both sides met in the North Sea.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1914 Vice Admiral Spee led his ships halfway around the world from China to South America, what happens when they get there?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1914 Vice Admiral Spee led his ships halfway around the world from China to South America, what happens when they get there?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Italians race against the clock to break through the Austrian defenses as winter descends on the battlefield.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first attacks failed, but the Italians would try again.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the planning and preparations out the way, the Italians begin their attacks on the Isonzo.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Italians enter the war, this episode gives an overview of their military, their commander, and where they plan to fight.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Russians are in retreat, the Germans in pursuit. The bloody summer in the east comes to an end.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Russians hurting, the Germans launch an even larger set of offensives with the goal of pushing them out of Poland.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The German's unleash their offensive at the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow, the Russians are left reeling.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Germans on the defense in the West they gather their strength for a summer of attacks in the East.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at what it was like to live in the trenches, and what the battlefield looked like, in 1915.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Second Battle of Artois gets moving, will the French and British be successful in their attempt to punch through the lines?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the previous attacks winding down the British and French prepare to launch another attack on the Western front, on very familiar ground.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World War 1 would be the first war in which air combat played a significant role, the roots for that combat lay in the technological and strategic choices of 1915.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On May 9th the passenger ship Lusitania was hit by torpedos by a German U-Boat. 1,191 passengers would perish, including almost 200 American citizens.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An overview of the economic situation in Austria-Hungary and Russia as they move into the second year of the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Germans introduce a new weapon on the Western Front in the form of poison gas.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices