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  • The First World War Breaking the Deadlock (Season 1, Episode 6)
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    TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

The First World War

Breaking the Deadlock (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

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 ...See moreAttrition; "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. The Germans tried new ideas at Verdun: 750,000 French and Germans died with little gain. After terrible failure on the Somme the British used tanks at Cambrai, but the Germans clawed back lost ground. Victory on the Western Front would go to the side that learned to consolidate success. Written by Anonymous See less
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Hew Strachan (book)
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Updated Oct 25, 2003

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2003 (United States)

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Jonathan Lewis
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Philippe Pétain
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