Anzac Battlefields Anzac Battlefields - The Western Front

Through graphics, archive, oral history and travels across the scenes of past battles, Neil Pigot and Dr Peter Pedersen explain where, why and how the ANZACs fought in France and Belgium almost 100 years ago.

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Documentary
War & Politics
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First Aired on

Jan 01, 2015

1 seaons till Feb 05, 2015

Popularity: 2.6342
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(AU)
Production

WildBear Entertainment (AU)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Victory

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Season 1

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1Baptism min

    The continent of Europe is being swept up with nationalism, socialism, anarchism, liberalism and great global empires are governed from its capital cities but it's also a dangerous time, a time of increasing political instability.

  • Episode 2Sacrifice min

    In this episode the focus for the ANZACs is on a place forever associated with the Western Front, the Somme.

  • Episode 3Resolve min

    In this episode we follow the ANZACs through one of the most momentous years of the twentieth century.

  • Episode 4Cataclysm min

    In this episode we continue the story of what made 1917 the costliest year in terms of human life in our military history.

  • Episode 5Spirit min

    After the successes of 1917 the Allies should have been going on the offensive but the Allied Commander in Chief, Field Marshall Haig, simply lacked the manpower.

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