A little known story. Serbia, the home to one of the first great civilisations. They had the first written scripts, they smelted copper before anyone else, lived in urban settlements. But is it true?…
- First Episode Appearance
- 280: Serbia: The Birthplace of Civilisation12 Dec 2022
- Last Episode Appearance
- Year Range
- 5700 BC – 1918
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to one of the world’s greatest empires, in June 1914, set in motion a series of events that would culminate in the First World War, where more than…
- 469. The Road to The Great War: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)Part 1From the The Road to the Great War
By the end of July 1914, the world hovered on the edge of a cataclysmic world war; Austria was at war with Serbia, Russia with Germany, and an ultimatum had been handed to Belgium. The July crisis had…
- 470. The Road to The Great War: The Kaiser’s Blank Cheque (Part 2)Part 2From the The Road to the Great War
In the wake of the cataclysmic assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th of June 1914, in Austria, the long percolating question of what to do about Serbia, reached a climax. At last, they had been…
- 471. The Road to The Great War: The Austrian Ultimatum (Part 3)Part 3From the The Road to the Great War
On the 20th of July 1914 the heads of state of two great European powers - France and Russia - met in St Petersburg. Little did they know, though they may have suspected, that the Austrians were simul…
- 472. The Road to The Great War: Britain's Fateful Choice (Part 4)Part 4From the The Road to the Great War
On the 24th of July 1914, in London, the Liberal British Cabinet met to hear the Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, read them the Ultimatum handed to Serbia by the Austro-Hungarian Empire the day bef…
- 473. The Road to The Great War: The Tsar Chooses War (Part 5)Part 5From the The Road to the Great War
“We have been forced to draw the sword”. Following the expiry of Austria’s Ultimatum on Saturday 25th July 1914, the Kaiser and the Tsar - friends and cousins, long desirous of peace between their tw…
While the Western front was raging following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, what was unfolding on the Eastern Front? Why was it an even bloodier and more brutal arena than the West? As A…
After endeavouring to wreak their revenge on Serbia, what would be the greatest hammer blow to the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War? With Leviv having fallen apocalyptically to the R…