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Impossible Peace

The First World War claimed a life every twenty five seconds for four years. What had been the point of it all? It was believed that World War One was the 'war to end all wars'. But 20 years after the guns fell silent the war drums were banging again-louder and more lethal before. Told through archive and the insights of international historians, Impossible Peace is a story of twenty years of peace that produced war.

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Cast & Crew See All

Richard Overy
Self - Professor of History, Exeter University
Margaret MacMillan
Self - Professor of International History, University of Toronto
Colin Shindler
Self - Film Historian, University of Cambridge

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

The Lap Of The Gods: 1919 - 1921

50 mins

After four years of vicious fighting, the survivors of WW1 expected that peace and prosperity would follow. But with so many economies and societies shattered "some maybe beyond repair" this would be far from straightforward.

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