The First World War - Season 1 Episode 5

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

The First World War – S01E01 – To Arms

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Episode 2

The First World War – S01E02 – Under the Eagle

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Episode 3

The First World War – S01E03 – Global War

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Episode 4

The First World War – S01E04 – Jihad

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Episode 5

The First World War – S01E05 – Shackled to a Corpse

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Episode 6

The First World War – S01E06 – Breaking the Deadlock

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Episode 7

The First World War – S01E07 – Blockade

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Episode 8

The First World War – S01E08 – Revolution

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Episode 9

The First World War – S01E09 – Germany’s Last Gamble

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Episode 10

The First World War – S01E10 – War Without End

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Episode Overview

Re-examines the war on the Eastern Front down to the Alps, as both sides came close to victory, through rare archive film and accounts from survivors.

Episode Details

Airdate: 2003-10-18

Episode Title: Shackled to a Corpse

Runtime: 51

Director: Ben Steele

Genre: Documentary, History, War

Cast: Adolf Hitler, Erik Ludendorff, Ferdinand, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Friederich Karl, Hermann Göring, Jonathan Lewis, Kaiser Wilhelm II, King Ferdinand of Romania, Queen Marie of Romania

Episode Rating: 8.2 (74 votes)

Release Year: 2003

Episode Runtime: 500 min

First Air Date: 2003-09-22

Seasons: 1

Status: Ended

Creators: Marcus Kiggell, Simon Rockell, Hew Strachan, Karen Blixen

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