The continent of Europe is being swept up with nationalism, socialism, anarchism, liberalism and great global empires are governed from its capital cities but it's also a dangerous time, a time of increasing political instability.
In this episode, we follow the ANZACs through one of the most momentous years of the twentieth century. The battles of 1917, including Bullecourt, Ypres, Messines, and Menin.
After the successes of 1917 the Allies should have been going on the offensive but the Allied Commander in Chief, Field Marshall Haig, simply lacked the manpower.