Key Battles of World War One

Key Battles of World War One Episodes

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  Key Battles Of World War 1_Special Announcment - Sources Used for WW1 Series September 24, 2023 - 3 min
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  Introducing James Early's New Podcast "Key Battles of American History" February 26, 2021 - 21 min
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  24: The Eternal Legacy of the First World War December 31, 2020 - 56 min
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  23: The Sad Afterlives of WW1's Leaders: The Humbling (and Exiling) of Generals, Emperors, and Sultans December 30, 2020 - 51 min
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  22: The 1919 Paris Peace Conference Laid The First Bricks of the Road to World War Two December 29, 2020 - 45 min
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  21: WW1 Ends with Armistice -- The Moment of Silence That Sounded Like the Voice of God December 28, 2020 - 51 min
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  20: The 1918 Battle of Meggido Shattered the Ottoman Empire and Created the Modern Middle East December 27, 2020 - 38 min
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  19: The Empire Strikes Back -- Germany's Final Push to Win WW1 in Spring 1918 December 26, 2020 - 43 min
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  18: Tank Warfare--How Military Tech Took a Quantum Leap at the Battle of Cambrai (1917) December 25, 2020 - 21 min
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  17: The Yanks Are Coming -- America Enters World War One December 24, 2020 - 50 min

About Key Battles of World War One

World War One is the watershed moment in modern history. The Western World before it was one of aristocrats, empires, colonies, and optimism for a future of unending progress. After four years of hellish trench warfare, shell fire, 10 million combat deaths, and another 10 million civilian deaths, the world that emerged in 1918 was irrevocably changed. Nation-states came out of the rubble, along with a push for universal rights. New technologies emerged, such as tanks and fighter planes. But something was lost permanently in the Great War: a sense of optimism in mankind. In this series, history professors Scott Rank and James Early look at the 10 key battles that determined the outcome of the war between the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire) and the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, United States).

Meet your Hosts

James is an Adjunct Professor of History at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TX. He has published one book and two scholarly articles. He is also the cohost (with Scott Rank) of the Presidential Fight Club, Key Battles of the Civil War, Key Battles of the Revolutionary War, and Key Battles of World War I podcasts.

Scott Rank is the host of the History Unplugged Podcast and a PhD in history who specialized in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. Before going down the academic route he worked as a journalist in Istanbul. He has written 12 history books on topics ranging from lost Bronze Age civilizations to the Age of Discovery. Some of his books include The Age of Illumination: Science, Technology, and Reason in the Middle Ages and History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers.. Learn more about him by going to scottrankphd.com.