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description: Episode 50 - Part I - 3:09:41The planet hadnt seen a major war between all the Great Powers since the downfall of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. But 99 years later the dam breaks and a Pandoras Box of violence engulfs the planet.Episode 51 - Part II - 3:20:28The Great Powers all come out swinging in the first round of the worst war the planet has ever seen. Millions of men in dozens of armies vie in the most deadly and complex opening moves of any conflict in world history.Episode 52 - Part III - 3:54:08The war of maneuver that was supposed to be over quickly instead turns into a lingering bloody stalemate. Trench warfare begins and with it all the murderous efforts on both sides to overcome the static defenses.Episode 53 - Part IV - 3:55:51Machine guns barbed wire and millions upon millions of artillery shells create industrialized meat grinders at Verdun and the Somme. Theres never been a human experience like itand it changes a generation.Episode 54 - Part V - 4:29:57Politics diplomacy revolution and mutiny take center stage at the start of this episode but mud blood shells and tragedy drown all by the end.Episode 55 - Part VI - 4:16:43The Americans are coming but will the war be over by the time they get there? Germany throws everything into a last series of stupendous attacks in the West while hoping to avoid getting burned by a fire in the East they helped fan.
language: English
title: Blueprint for Armageddon
publisher: None