Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is EP 4 of our second series on WW1.
EP 1 is here: youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc
EP 2 is here: youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ
EP 3 is here: youtu.be/UTZPgGxvuPU
All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_
And for the entirety of our series about WWI: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD
Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations.
Why did the British nurse, Edith Cavell, become a key player in the Belgian Resistance to German occupation? How did she carry out her mission? And, why was she ultimately executed, so controversially?
Join Dominic and Tom as they unfold the life of the remarkable Edith Cavell, her time as a nurse, her espionage, and ultimately her tragic fate, amidst the death and destruction of the First World War.
Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
Social channels:
instagram.com/theresthistory
tiktok.com/@theresthistory
https://x.com/TheRestHistory
https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social
threads.com/@theresthistory
Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude
Senior Producer: Callum Hill
Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley
Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts
Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko
Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko
Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan
Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy
3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal
0:00 German Behaviour in Belgium
0:33 Lloyds
1:56 Remember Belgium
4:04 Who Was Edith Cavell?
8:37 Belgium’s First Nursing School
10:26 Cavell Returns to Occupied Brussels
12:54 The Escaped British Soldiers
16:15 Inside the Belgian Resistance Network
20:20 How Cavell Helped Allied Soldiers Escape
23:15 The Network Begins to Fall Apart
24:48 The Spy Who Betrayed Edith Cavell
27:39 Cavell Is Arrested by the Germans
28:19 Cavell’s Interrogation and Confession
31:46 The Trial for War Treason
35:28 Why Cavell Was Sentenced to Death
36:36 Cavell’s Final Night in Prison
39:34 The American Attempt to Save Her
41:47 The Execution of Edith Cavell
45:12 Cavell Becomes a Martyr
48:35 Did the Germans Have a Case?
50:44 The Espionage Question
52:40 Cavell’s Legacy Around the World
54:44 Edith Piaf and Cavell’s French Legacy
55:52 Why Hitler Destroyed Cavell’s Monument
57:46 Next Time: Gallipoli
This is EP 4 of our second series on WW1.
EP 1 is here: youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc
EP 2 is here: youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ
EP 3 is here: youtu.be/UTZPgGxvuPU
All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_
And for the entirety of our series about WWI: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD
Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations.
Why did the British nurse, Edith Cavell, become a key player in the Belgian Resistance to German occupation? How did she carry out her mission? And, why was she ultimately executed, so controversially?
Join Dominic and Tom as they unfold the life of the remarkable Edith Cavell, her time as a nurse, her espionage, and ultimately her tragic fate, amidst the death and destruction of the First World War.
Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
Social channels:
instagram.com/theresthistory
tiktok.com/@theresthistory
https://x.com/TheRestHistory
https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social
threads.com/@theresthistory
Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude
Senior Producer: Callum Hill
Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley
Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts
Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko
Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko
Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan
Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy
3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal
0:00 German Behaviour in Belgium
0:33 Lloyds
1:56 Remember Belgium
4:04 Who Was Edith Cavell?
8:37 Belgium’s First Nursing School
10:26 Cavell Returns to Occupied Brussels
12:54 The Escaped British Soldiers
16:15 Inside the Belgian Resistance Network
20:20 How Cavell Helped Allied Soldiers Escape
23:15 The Network Begins to Fall Apart
24:48 The Spy Who Betrayed Edith Cavell
27:39 Cavell Is Arrested by the Germans
28:19 Cavell’s Interrogation and Confession
31:46 The Trial for War Treason
35:28 Why Cavell Was Sentenced to Death
36:36 Cavell’s Final Night in Prison
39:34 The American Attempt to Save Her
41:47 The Execution of Edith Cavell
45:12 Cavell Becomes a Martyr
48:35 Did the Germans Have a Case?
50:44 The Espionage Question
52:40 Cavell’s Legacy Around the World
54:44 Edith Piaf and Cavell’s French Legacy
55:52 Why Hitler Destroyed Cavell’s Monument
57:46 Next Time: Gallipoli
