The First World War - Season 1 Episode 6 Breaking the Deadlock (1915-1917)
Attrition, "lions led by donkeys", the slaughter only ceasing for a brief truce one Christmas - old, mistaken views of the war on the Western Front. In fact there was constant tactical evolutions; hundreds of generals died in action; some men adopted a system of "Live and Let Live", with countless informal local truces.
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- Studio: Channel 4
- Keyword: world war i, miniseries, military history
- Cast: Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Marie of Romania, Hermann Göring, Jonathan Lewis
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