#45 - How Great War Finally Ended? (WW1 - Part 5)

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 Masterpiece01:44 - Heroic Khudadad Khan02:20 - Quick Recap02:32 - Battle of Passchendaele04:12 - Unimaginable Scale of War06:13 - Gas Masks & Tech Surge08:23 - Tanks at Cambrai13:09 - Mata Hari & Censorship14:53 - Messines Explosion16:00 - Life of a WWI Soldier18:53 - War in Africa19:47 - Jerusalem & Middle Eastern Front22:02 - Civilians’ Struggles & Strikes31:00 - East to West31:30 - Ludendorff’s Last Push42:29 - Tanks of 191843:38 - Messenger Pigeons44:23 - Battle for Flanders47:20 - USA Enters the Fight52:28 - Second Battle of the Marne54:09 - 100 Days Offensive55:53 - Crashing German Plane57:43 - Indira Lal Roy’s Valor58:09 - Ernst Jünger’s Story59:48 - Kind Soldier01:00:18 - Shattering Shells01:01:08 - St. Mihiel & Meuse-Argonne Battles01:03:57 - Germany on the Brink01:06:31 - War Guilt & Scapegoats01:09:29 - Wilson’s 14 Points01:10:28 - Armistice & Compiegne Wagon01:16:28 - The Last Day of War01:19:56 - Lab Incident01:20:20 - Endgame Scenarios01:21:26 - Spanish Flu Strikes01:24:00 - Belgium’s Shameful Incident01:25:17 - Murder of the Tsar’s Family01:26:06 - Nurse’s Heartfelt Memoir01:26:41 - Paying Homage01:27:38 - Homefront & Women Injustice01:29:39 - Racial Segregation01:31:45 - War Atrocities & Mental Trauma01:34:44 - Birth of New Nations01:36:15 - Treaty of Versailles Signed01:41:50 - Gold in Ocean01:42:26 - Germany’s Race for Dominance01:43:22 - WWI & Occult Practices01:43:57 - League of Nations Falters01:44:18 - Blame Game & Scapegoats01:47:57 - From League to UN01:49:33 - Patriotism01:50:39 - War Brides01:52:04 - Western Front Prevails01:52:56 - Final ReflectionsThe First World War by John Keegan - https://amzn.to/3BSpTgMThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman - https://amzn.to/48ij0S7A World Undone by G. J. Meyer - https://amzn.to/3NvCPMeThe Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund - https://amzn.to/40Wah6iThe Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark - https://amzn.to/3YsU6M8Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs -https://amzn.to/4fsZk0kThe Great War by Peter Hart - https://amzn.to/3Yxt1GHWorld War I: The Definitive Visual History by R.G. Grant - https://amzn.to/3C12mdBThe Great Illusion by Sir Norman Angell - https://amzn.to/4dPt6ejThey Shall Not Grow Old - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7905466/