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Anzac Battlefields

Season 1 2014 - 2015

  • 2014-12-31T13:00:00Z on History
  • 1m
  • 6m (6 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary
Through graphics, archive, oral history and travels across the scenes of past battles, Neil Pigot and Dr Peter Pedersen explain where, why and how the ANZACs fought in France and Belgium almost 100 years ago.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-12-31T13:00:00Z

1x01 Baptism

Series Premiere

1x01 Baptism

  • 2014-12-31T13:00:00Z1m

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.

2015-01-07T13:00:00Z

1x02 Sacrifice

1x02 Sacrifice

  • 2015-01-07T13:00:00Z1m

In this episode the focus for the ANZACs is on a place forever associated with the Western Front, the Somme.

2015-01-14T13:00:00Z

1x03 Resolve

1x03 Resolve

  • 2015-01-14T13:00:00Z1m

In this episode we follow the ANZACs through one of the most momentous years of the twentieth century.

2015-01-21T13:00:00Z

1x04 Cataclysm

1x04 Cataclysm

  • 2015-01-21T13:00:00Z1m

In this episode we continue the story of what made 1917 the costliest year in terms of human life in our military history.

2015-01-28T13:00:00Z

1x05 Spirit

1x05 Spirit

  • 2015-01-28T13:00:00Z1m

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.

Season Finale

2015-02-04T13:00:00Z

1x06 Victory

Season Finale

1x06 Victory

  • 2015-02-04T13:00:00Z1m

In this episode we follow the ANZACs as they join the offensive that would lead to victory.

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