Episode 9 - Attrition
Unknown Warriors
English - February 26, 2024 16:25 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHistory Society & Culture Documentary first world war real first world war western front allied victory 1918 shell shock war of attrition indian army in ww1 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Most general histories of the First World War are narrative-driven or told from a national perspective. PROFESSOR WILLIAM PHILPOTT analyses the conflict as a coherent phenomenon, showing how the combatant nations had to evolve a strategy of attrition in which all the resources of the state were harnessed to support the armies in the field. In short, a war for survival where defeat for the losers meant national destruction.