The Great War

The Great War· Season 1 · Episode 22

The First Battle of Champagne - Dying in Caucasus Snow - Week 22

S01E22·December 25, 2014·9m·YouTube

Right before Christmas the allied powers begin the Champagne offensive, which will last several months. In snow, mud,and under horrible living conditions not only the soldiers suffer. The images of a war fought with honour and glory are finally over as even the white flag is used for ambushes now. Far away in the mountains of the Caucasus, Russia and the Ottoman Empire are fighting a grim battle, too, in which many soldiers die during interminable marches in the snow wearing summer uniforms.

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