Manfred von Richthofen

Was the sacrifice of an entire generation worldwide an avoidable or a necessary tragedy? This series seeks to address such questions drawing from over 500 hours of archival footage and tracing the journeys of the civilians and soldiers across the world.

This ten-part series tells the comprehensive story of the First World War, featuring excerpts written by Winston Churchill, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Georges Clemenceu, David Lloyd George, Siegfried Sassoon and Rudolf Hess.