1 Season
8 Episode
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century - Season 1 Episode 6 Collapse
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
Account of the sudden ending of World War One in 1918, tracing the various causes responsible for Germany's ultimate downfall, including a failed offensive, the Americans joining the Allied Forces and crumbling civilian morale. Archive footage reveals the momentous occasion when the guns fell silent on the 11th hour of November 11, and British and German troops shook hands.
- Year: 1996
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: world war i, biography, world war
- Director: Jay Winter, Blaine Baggett
- Cast: Salome Jens