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The Great War
May 30, 1964 40 min avg S1 E4
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A milestone 26-part history of the First World War, conceived to mark the 50th anniversary of its outbreak.
Episode 4Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
How the British army fought its first battle at the Belgian town of Mons. Despite initial success, the British infantry were sent into retreat after two weeks. Yet as the Germans pressed forward to Paris, apparently invincible, French Commander-in-Chief General Joffre slowly began to build a more solid resistance – which would lead ultimately to Allied victory.
