The Great War

Season 1, Episode 10

Episode Title: Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll - Week 10

Air Date: 2014-10-02

Overview:

he autumn rain turns the battlefields into muddy landscapes. Mud in which the soldiers are hardly able to dig trenches and in which no artillery gun will stand. The first change of seasons is proving to be a big new challenge for the armies in Europe. While at the time, the longest siege of the war is starting, we can also see the first major African battles of World War 1.