Doomsday Purgatory (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Doomsday

Purgatory (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Despite superior artillery to deal quickly with allied forts, the German offensive is quickly bogged down roughly over the French borders, while the czar resorts to scorched earth retreat. The Western front is transformed into a long hell ...See moreDespite superior artillery to deal quickly with allied forts, the German offensive is quickly bogged down roughly over the French borders, while the czar resorts to scorched earth retreat. The Western front is transformed into a long hell of opposing trenches, sites of endless bombardments and bloody assaults, producing millions of victims, often dying or crippled, and the arsenal of industrialized horror grows, extending to toxic gasses and aircraft. The home front suffers, deprived of unprecedented supplies needed for the front, war production with women filling in, millions of POWs, bombardments by zeppelin, naval blockades. Despite propaganda and moral boosts, the years of increasing suffering spells revolutions, which will bring down the Russian empire first, ultimately Germany and Austria-Hungary too. Written by KGF Vissers See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Tim Pigott-Smith Narrator (voice) (version: English) Narrator (voice) (version: English) See fewer	V for Vendetta (2005)
Hew Strachan Self - Military Historian / All Souls, Oxford University / Author, 'The First World War' + 'A History of The Great War' Self - Military Historian / All Souls, Oxford University / Author, 'The First World War' + 'A History of The Great War' See fewer	The First World War (2003)
Gerd Krumeich Self - Historian / Author, 'The Great War' + 'Encycloppaedia of the First World War' Self - Historian / Author, 'The Great War' + 'Encycloppaedia of the First World War' See fewer	Nachrichten vom großen Krieg 1914-1918 (2014)
Annette Becker Self - Historian / Author, 'La Grande Guerre' Self - Historian / Author, 'La Grande Guerre' See fewer	Ein Kessel Buntes (1972)
Sönke Neitzel Self - Historian / Göring Biographer Self - Historian / Göring Biographer See fewer	Generation War (2013)
Stefan Martens Self - Author, 'The Trauma of War' Self - Author, 'The Trauma of War' See fewer	Weltenbrand (2012)
Nicolas Beaupré Self - Author, 'The Trauma of War' Self - Author, 'The Trauma of War' See fewer	Doomsday (2013)
Ian Kershaw Self - Historian / Author, 'Hitler 1889-1945 Self - Historian / Author, 'Hitler 1889-1945 See fewer	Hitler: A Profile (1995)
Eric Roussel Self - Author, 'Charles De Gaulle' Self - Author, 'Charles De Gaulle' See fewer	Georges Pompidou, la cruauté du pouvoir (2024)
Gerd Treffer Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Weltenbrand (2012)
Charles de Gaulle Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Une mauvaise rencontre (1981)
Hermann Göring Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Kaiser Wilhelm II Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Gewalt gegen Recht (1920)
Bernard L. Montgomery Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Montgomery Speaks His Mind (1959)
Tsar Nicholas II Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The German Curse in Russia (1918)