Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Extended version: youtu.be/QwsVJb-ckqM

Let's retrace on a map a summary of the chain of events of WWI, the so-called "Great War". This video summarises the origins, course and consequences of this war.
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Patreon: patreon.com/geohistory
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English translation & voiceover: Rahul Venkit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1X...
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Original French version: youtu.be/5B0pE1eCxGU
Russian version: youtu.be/OlONWv2pBn4
Arabic version: youtu.be/OgIN5x5x4Ow
Spanish version: youtu.be/tsIWavpDq3w
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Music: "God Fury" - "Anno Domini Beats" (YouTube Library)
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Software used for editing: Adobe After Effects
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Context
00:48 Game of alliances
01:38 War trigger
02:24 The Schlieffen Plan
03:03 Race to the sea
03:33 Other fronts
04:21 Internationalization
05:10 War technology
05:47 Trench warfare
06:26 Russian revolts, USA entry into war
07:02 End of the war
07:44 Consequences