The AG's Saved Docs

Watch a 1965 documentary based on the Pulitzer prize-winning book by Barbara Tuchman, an eminent American historian. The Guns of August provides a narrative of the earliest stages of World War I, from the decisions to go to war up until the start of the Franco-British offensive that stopped the German advance into France. The result was four years of trench warfare. In the course of the narrative, discussed is the plans, strategies, world events, and international sentiments before and during the war.

This series is an excellent teaching tool because the instructor can show what happened then (post WWI) then the casual news observer can see the same practices being utilized in present day. This three-hour set of videos doesn't come close to the detail you will find in the book authored by William Shirer, nor the 2-volume book by John Toland "Hitler" Volumes one and two. I encourage reading or at the very least listening to the audio versions.

This series is an excellent teaching tool because the instructor can show what happened then (post WWI) then the casual news observer can see the same practices being utilized in present day. This three-hour set of videos doesn't come close to the detail you will find in the book authored by William Shirer, nor the 2-volume book by John Toland "Hitler" Volumes one and two. I encourage reading or at the very least listening to the audio versions.

This series is an excellent teaching tool because the instructor can show what happened then (post WWI) then the casual news observer can see the same practices being utilized in present day. This three-hour set of videos doesn't come close to the detail you will find in the book authored by William Shirer, nor the 2-volume book by John Toland "Hitler" Volumes one and two. I encourage reading or at the very least listening to the audio versions.