In this episode #45, we explore the final battles and days of World War I and the road to the Armistice that ended the fighting. Discover the last desperate battles, the hardships on the home front, and the impact of the Spanish Flu. From the signing in Compiegne to the birth of new nations, we unravel how the world tried to heal and rebuild after years of devastating conflict.

00:00 - WWI Title 

00:35 - £65,000 Masterpiece

01:44 - Heroic Khudadad Khan

02:20 - Quick Recap

02:32 - Battle of Passchendaele

04:12 - Unimaginable Scale of War

06:13 - Gas Masks & Tech Surge

08:23 - Tanks at Cambrai

13:09 - Mata Hari & Censorship

14:53 - Messines Explosion

16:00 - Life of a WWI Soldier

18:53 - War in Africa

19:47 - Jerusalem & Middle Eastern Front

22:02 - Civilians’ Struggles & Strikes

31:00 - East to West

31:30 - Ludendorff’s Last Push

42:29 - Tanks of 1918

43:38 - Messenger Pigeons

44:23 - Battle for Flanders

47:20 - USA Enters the Fight

52:28 - Second Battle of the Marne

54:09 - 100 Days Offensive

55:53 - Crashing German Plane

57:43 - Indira Lal Roy’s Valor

58:09 - Ernst Jünger’s Story

59:48 - Kind Soldier

01:00:18 - Shattering Shells

01:01:08 - St. Mihiel & Meuse-Argonne Battles

01:03:57 - Germany on the Brink

01:06:31 - War Guilt & Scapegoats

01:09:29 - Wilson’s 14 Points

01:10:28 - Armistice & Compiegne Wagon

01:16:28 - The Last Day of War

01:19:56 - Lab Incident

01:20:20 - Endgame Scenarios

01:21:26 - Spanish Flu Strikes

01:24:00 - Belgium’s Shameful Incident

01:25:17 - Murder of the Tsar’s Family

01:26:06 - Nurse’s Heartfelt Memoir

01:26:41 - Paying Homage

01:27:38 - Homefront & Women Injustice

01:29:39 - Racial Segregation

01:31:45 - War Atrocities & Mental Trauma

01:34:44 - Birth of New Nations

01:36:15 - Treaty of Versailles Signed

01:41:50 - Gold in Ocean

01:42:26 - Germany’s Race for Dominance

01:43:22 - WWI & Occult Practices

01:43:57 - League of Nations Falters

01:44:18 - Blame Game & Scapegoats

01:47:57 - From League to UN

01:49:33 - Patriotism

01:50:39 - War Brides

01:52:04 - Western Front Prevails

01:52:56 - Final Reflections

The First World War by John Keegan - https://amzn.to/3BSpTgM

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman - https://amzn.to/48ij0S7

A World Undone by G. J. Meyer - https://amzn.to/3NvCPMe

The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund - https://amzn.to/40Wah6i

The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark - https://amzn.to/3YsU6M8

Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs -https://amzn.to/4fsZk0k

The Great War by Peter Hart - https://amzn.to/3Yxt1GH

World War I: The Definitive Visual History by R.G. Grant - https://amzn.to/3C12mdB

The Great Illusion by Sir Norman Angell - https://amzn.to/4dPt6ej

They Shall Not Grow Old - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7905466/