100 years ago today, the 1914-1918 War, the Great War, the 'War to End All Wars', ended. The Great War YouTube channel is a great resource for learning about it. Since 2014, they have done a week by week recap of the history of the war in videos about ten minutes long. Plus they have done many specials, called 'Out of the Trenches' in which Indy Neidell, the presenter, answers questions sent in by viewers, and 'Who Did What?', where Indy discusses figures later prominent in history, and what they did during the Great War.
There have been specials on such diverse topics as animals in the war, cocaine use, and frontline entertainment. Each combattant country has been featured in a special dealing with conditions prior to the outbreak of war, and all the major neutral powers have been discussed with their reactions to the hostilities. There have been episodes on the development of tactics during the war, by arm of the service, and specials on the most diverse subjects as well.
I didn't discover the channel until late 2015 or early 2016, but once I did, I binged watched all the regular episodes until I was caught up. Since then, the weekly episode has been my 'Thursday treat'. I've also watched every special I could find. I may not yet have seen the all, but I'll keep looking for them!
For those who might be interested, here is a link to the entire collection of videos, The Great War
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