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  • Secrets of War WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles (Season 1, Episode 23)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Secrets of War

WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles (Season 1, Episode 23)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

As the armies of World War One struggled under an onslaught of terrifying weapons, the German government broke the stalemate and issued in a new era of warfare by turning to covert operations.
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Writer
Stephen Faigenbaum (written by)
Composer
Ramón Balcázar (music composed by)
Awards
Series awards
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29 cast members
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Charlton Heston
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Jean-Jacques Becker
Self - Historian, Pres. Historia Research Center, Paris Self - Historian, Pres. Historia Research Center, Paris   See fewer
Jules Witcover
Self - Journalist & Author 'Sabotage at Black Tom' Self - Journalist & Author 'Sabotage at Black Tom'   See fewer
Mark Seaman
Self - Author 'Bravest of the Brave' Self - Author 'Bravest of the Brave'   See fewer
Norman Polmar
Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book'   See fewer
Stephen O'Shea
Self - Author 'Back to the Front' Self - Author 'Back to the Front'   See fewer
Gary Sheffield
Self - Professor, Sandhurst Military College Self - Professor, Sandhurst Military College   See fewer
Thomas B. Allen
Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book'   See fewer
Diarmaid Ferriter
Self - Historian, University College, Dublin (as Diarmuid Ferriter) Self - Historian, University College, Dublin (as Diarmuid Ferriter)   See fewer
T. Ryle Dwyer
Self - Journalist and Historian Self - Journalist and Historian   See fewer
Jean-Pierre Verney
Self - Historian, French Minister of Defense Self - Historian, French Minister of Defense   See fewer
Stephen O'Shea
Self - Interviewee #1.23 Self - Interviewee #1.23   See fewer
Roger Casement
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Fidel Castro
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Winston Churchill
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Maurice Gamelin
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William Reginald Hall
Self - 'Blinker' Hall (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - 'Blinker' Hall (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
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Edward M. House
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Vladimir Lenin
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Patrick Pearse
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John J. Pershing
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Pancho Villa
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Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
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Franz von Rintelen
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Woodrow Wilson
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Arthur Zimmermann
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