Learning Zone | Britain’s Great War

Duration: 58'57''

Synopsis

Jeremy Paxman traces the effects of the First World War on Britain. This was a total war which dragged in civilians as well as soldiers, and turned the country upside down.

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1: War Comes to Britain | Britain's Great War

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Jeremy Paxman presents a four-part documentary charting how the First World War affected Great Britain, with this episode focus...

2: The War Machine | Britain's Great War

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With the country unprepared for war, the whole population is enlisted to turn Britain into a war machine.

3: The Darkest Hour | Britain's Great War

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4: At the Eleventh Hour | Britain's Great War

4: At the Eleventh Hour | Britain's Great War

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Jeremy Paxman describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat in the last year of the war.

Learning Zone | Britain's Great War

Learning Zone | Britain's Great War

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'57''

Jeremy Paxman traces the effects of the First World War on Britain. This was a total war which dragged in civilians as well as soldiers, ...
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