The Great War

Season 1, Episode 5

Episode Title: The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg - Week 5

Air Date: 2014-08-28

Overview:

During their advance through Belgium, the German Army is committing atrocities against Belgian civilians - justified as response to resistance and sabotage against their advancement. The Austro-Hungarian Army is perpetrating massacres against the Serbian civilian population to retaliate against Serbian guerrilla warfare. At the Eastern Front, German generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff succeed in one of the most important battles of World War I: The Battle of Tannenberg.