The Great War - Season 1 Episode 18 Iron, Steel and Oil - The Fight for Resources - Week 18
Four months after the outbreak of the war, a new objective develops: the fight for the most valuable resources. The modern warfare and its war machines need one thing more than anything: Oil, iron, steel or cole can be a matter of life and death. The British advance into the Ottoman Empire and conquer the city Basra. Their goal is to secure their drilling facilities at the Arab Gulf. Meanwhile, the situation at the front is gridlocked, especially in the trenches on the Western Front.
Year: 2018
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
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Studio: YouTube
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Cast: Indy Neidell
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First Air Date: Jul 28, 2014
Last Air date: Nov 15, 2018
Season: 5 Season
Episode: 183 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 9.50/10 by 2.00 users
Popularity: 5.557
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Keyword : world war i
Episode
The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the GREAT WAR - Week 1
Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan - Week 2
To Arms! The Deployment of Troops - Week 3
A New War with Old Generals – Carnage on the Western Front - Week 4
The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg - Week 5
Plans Are Doomed to Fail - The Battle of Galicia - Week 6
Taxi to the Front – The First Battle of the Marne - Week 7
Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8
The Russian War Machine and the Race to the Sea - Week 9
Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll - Week 10
Back for Christmas? - The Illusion of a Short War - Week 11
Learning From Napoleon – Russia, The Underestimated Enemy - Week 12
A War to End All Wars - Home Front Propaganda - Week 13
Fresh Meat - The Search For New Recruits - Week 14
The World at War - The Ottoman Empire Enters the Stage - Week 15
The Defensive War on the Western Front - Week 16
The Enemy Within - The German Army's Power Play - Week 17
Iron, Steel and Oil - The Fight for Resources - Week 18
Mission Accomplished? - The Austro-Hungarian Empire Conquers Belgrade - Week 19
The Battle at the Falkland Islands - The Death of Maximilian von Spee - Week 20
The Raid On Scarborough - A Failed Attempt at Intimidation - Week 21
The First Battle of Champagne - Dying in Caucasus Snow - Week 22