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The legacy of World War I is examined in depth.
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Episode 1
49 mins
Reynolds confronts the stereotypical view of the Great War as a futile slaughter, mired in mud and trenches, poets and poppies. To counteract this misperception, he returns to the immediate aftermath in Britain and Germany and then traces how opinions changed during the Second World War and beyond.