Pop23
Gold Member
...you MUST look at the PBS series on WWI. It was absolutely outstanding and astounding. I thought I was reasonably well informed about WWI, but I was as wrong as I could be. Like Sergeant Schultz, "I knew NOTHING!"
Covers the buildup to the war, President Wilson's evolving positions, the incredible brutality of the Germans, mainly, and the war itself, the birth of the U.S. as a "world superpower," the devastation of the Influenza ("flu") epidemic that killed millions, and on and on.
BTW, not suitable for children. It exposes the ugly underside of "American Values," war, Woodrow Wilson, and the political parties.
Six hours of outstanding television. Not pretty.
This was an excellent series, but if you get a chance listen to Dan Carlins podcast series, Countdown to Armegeddon.
Nothing brings the horror of WWI home like listening to it.