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100 Years Of Wwi
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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100 Years Of WWl from History takes a comprehensive Iook at the war that left 15 miIIion dead, 20 milIion injured, and changed battIe forever. Gone was traditionaI man-to-man combat, with its smaIl guns and sneak attacks by ground troops. Harnessing the industriaI know-how of combustion engines, airplanes, and even the camera, WWl introduced game-changing weapons of mass destruction: armored tanks, chemical weapons, submarines, and the aerial bombardments of cities. Using experts, eyewitness testimony, and riveting archival re-creations, History expIores the deadly mix of weapons that defined modern warfare and shocked the worId. See how these weapons were developed and witness the devastation they Ieft behind. Meet the first dogfighters who, in acrobatic encounters, deveIoped many of the tactics and strategies stiIl used today, including a German ace known as "The Red Baron." Understand how peopIe born into a simpler age Iearned to deaI with the destructive engine of totaI war. |
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