In this episode #45, we explore the final battles and days of World War I and the road to the Armistice that ended the fighting. Discover the last desperate battles, the hardships on the home front, and the impact of the Spanish Flu. From the signing in Compiegne to the birth of new nations, we unravel how the world tried to heal and rebuild after years of devastating conflict.
00:00 - WWI Title
00:35 - £65,000 Masterpiece
01:44 - Heroic Khudadad Khan
02:20 - Quick Recap
02:32 - Battle of Passchendaele
04:12 - Unimaginable Scale of War
06:13 - Gas Masks & Tech Surge
08:23 - Tanks at Cambrai
13:09 - Mata Hari & Censorship
14:53 - Messines Explosion
16:00 - Life of a WWI Soldier
18:53 - War in Africa
19:47 - Jerusalem & Middle Eastern Front
22:02 - Civilians’ Struggles & Strikes
31:00 - East to West
31:30 - Ludendorff’s Last Push
42:29 - Tanks of 1918
43:38 - Messenger Pigeons
44:23 - Battle for Flanders
47:20 - USA Enters the Fight
52:28 - Second Battle of the Marne
54:09 - 100 Days Offensive
55:53 - Crashing German Plane
57:43 - Indira Lal Roy’s Valor
58:09 - Ernst Jünger’s Story
59:48 - Kind Soldier
01:00:18 - Shattering Shells
01:01:08 - St. Mihiel & Meuse-Argonne Battles
01:03:57 - Germany on the Brink
01:06:31 - War Guilt & Scapegoats
01:09:29 - Wilson’s 14 Points
01:10:28 - Armistice & Compiegne Wagon
01:16:28 - The Last Day of War
01:19:56 - Lab Incident
01:20:20 - Endgame Scenarios
01:21:26 - Spanish Flu Strikes
01:24:00 - Belgium’s Shameful Incident
01:25:17 - Murder of the Tsar’s Family
01:26:06 - Nurse’s Heartfelt Memoir
01:26:41 - Paying Homage
01:27:38 - Homefront & Women Injustice
01:29:39 - Racial Segregation
01:31:45 - War Atrocities & Mental Trauma
01:34:44 - Birth of New Nations
01:36:15 - Treaty of Versailles Signed
01:41:50 - Gold in Ocean
01:42:26 - Germany’s Race for Dominance
01:43:22 - WWI & Occult Practices
01:43:57 - League of Nations Falters
01:44:18 - Blame Game & Scapegoats
01:47:57 - From League to UN
01:49:33 - Patriotism
01:50:39 - War Brides
01:52:04 - Western Front Prevails
01:52:56 - Final Reflections
The First World War by John Keegan - https://amzn.to/3BSpTgM
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman - https://amzn.to/48ij0S7
A World Undone by G. J. Meyer - https://amzn.to/3NvCPMe
The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund - https://amzn.to/40Wah6i
The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark - https://amzn.to/3YsU6M8
Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs -https://amzn.to/4fsZk0k
The Great War by Peter Hart - https://amzn.to/3Yxt1GH
World War I: The Definitive Visual History by R.G. Grant - https://amzn.to/3C12mdB
The Great Illusion by Sir Norman Angell - https://amzn.to/4dPt6ej
They Shall Not Grow Old - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7905466/
