The First World War


Breaking the Deadlock (E06)

(Folge)
Großbritannien, 2003, 50 min

Regie:

Simon Rockell

Vorlage:

Hew Strachan (Buch)

Musik:

Orlando Gough

Besetzung:

Jonathan Lewis (Erzähler), Philippe Pétain (Arch.)
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Attrition; "lions led by donkeys", the slaughter only ceasing for a brief truce one Christmas – old, mistaken views of the war on the Western Front. In fact there was constant tactical evolutions; hundreds of generals died in action; some men adopted a system of "Live and Let Live", with countless informal local truces. (Prime Video)

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