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Germany Aims For Verdun - Russia Goes South - Week 80

Feb 4, 201610m

The preparations for the huge German offensive at Verdun are almost complete. Thousands of artillery pieces are moved, millions shells brought to the front. Erich von Falkenhayn would soon unleash is offensive on the Western Front. At the same time, Russia headed south to the Caucasus once more in search for a desperately needed victory against the Ottomans.

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Germany Aims For Verdun - Russia Goes South - Week 80

Episodes

Prelude to Verdun And The Road To the Somme - Week 76

The Invasion Of Montenegro - The End of Gallipoli - Week 77

The Fight for Montenegro & The Disaster Of Kut - Week 78

The Kaiser's Birthday - Hypocrisy in Greece - Week 79

Germany Aims For Verdun - Russia Goes South - Week 80

The Generalissimo Goes Forth - Week 81

The Ghost Of The Lusitania - Russia Takes Erzurum - Week 82

The Battle of Verdun - They Shall Not Pass - Week 83

The US Arms Industry - The Fight for Douaumont - Week 84

Equilibrium of Carnage at Verdun - Portugal Joins The War - Week 85

Battle of the Isonzo - Discord Among the Central Powers

Russian Spring Offensive - Confusion at Fort Vaux

Verdun - A Nightmare to Annex

Zeppelins over Britain - Terror in the Skies

The Meat Grinder at Verdun - Brusilov's New Plan

The Muddy Graves of Russia and Kut

Dividing Up the Middle East - The Sykes-Picot Agreement

The British Surrender at Kut - Germany Restricts the U-Boats

The British Death March in Mesopotamia

Conrad's Cunning Plan - Hiding in Plain Sight

Cutting Germany's Wings - The Dawn of the Air Force

The Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy vs. German Imperial Navy

The Brusilov Offensive - The Arab Revolt

What If - Two Pivotal Moments of World War 1

The Death of Max Immelmann - Haig's Final Offensive

British Artillery at the Somme - Brusilov Offensive Implodes

The Battle of the Somme - Brusilov on His Own

Meatgrinder at the Somme - Battle of Mametz Wood

Australia's Darkest Hour - The Battle of Fromelles

Happy Birthday World War 1

Germany's Grandeur - Analyzing the War Effort

Italy Breaks Through - Cadorna's Triumph

Cadorna Snatches Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

The Five Nation Army - The Salonica Front Erupts

Romania Joins the War

Fire in the Sky - Zeppelin Shot Down Over Britain

Beasts of Steel - The First Tanks on the Battlefield

Manfred von Richthofen's First Victory - American Volunteers in WW1

Falkenhayn Crosses the Carpathians - The Battle of Sibiu

Douglas Haig's Fantasies Drown in Mud

Deadly Routine on the Italian Front - The 8th Battle of the Isonzo

French Plans for Glory at Verdun - Romania Stops the Germans

France Turns the Tide at Verdun

War of Attrition on the Italian Front - The Ninth Battle of the Isonzo

Charming the Poles - The Central Powers Look for New Allies

Heavy Action at the Somme - The Fight for Monastir

The Death of Franz Joseph - The End of the Somme

Romania on the Ropes - Reflections on the Battle of the Somme

The Fall of Bucharest - Political Turmoil in Russia

The Mesopotamian Front Awakes - Joseph Joffre Gets Sacked

They Did Not Pass - The Battle of Verdun Ends

Turmoil in Russia - The Assassination of Rasputin