Why Germany Lost the First World War (Documentary)

Support us and get 40% off Nebula: Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: Germany’s defeat in the First World War has been blamed on all kinds of factors or has even been denied outright as part of the stab in the back myth. But why did Germany actually lose? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: Nebula: » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Leonard P. Ayers, ed. The war with Germany: a statistical summary. 1919. Stevenson, David. With Our Backs to the Wall. Victory and Defeat in 1918. 2011. Stevenson, David. 1914-1918. The History of the First World War. 2012. Ferguson, Niall. The Pity of War. Explaining World War I. 1999. Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. 2013. Watson, Alexander. Ring of Steel. Germany and Austria Hungary at War. 2014. Zroka, Ryan. “If Only This War Would End:” German Soldiers in the Last Year of the First World War. PhD Dissertation, University of California San Diego, 2013. Afflerbach, Holger. Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor. 2018. Tunstall, Grayden. „The Military Collapse of the Central Powers.” Goya, Michel. Les Vainqueurs: Comment la France a gagné la Grande Guerre. 2018. Keegan, John. The First World War. 2000. » OUR SISTER CHANNEL »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023