Doomsday: World War I

Doomsday: World War I

2012 · 1 season · 3 eps · ★ 7.3 · Documentary, War & Politics

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The First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?

Directed by Annette von der Heyde · Written by Joseph Schneider

Network: ZDF

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