The Complete History of WW1 — 4 Years That Broke Europe

One shot in Sarajevo. Four years of fire. This is the complete story of the First World War — told by Khoji, phase by phase. 🌍 In the summer of 1914, Europe's great empires were wired together like dominoes: one assassination, one ultimatum, and the whole continent fell into the first industrial war in history. Trenches from the sea to Switzerland. Verdun. The Somme. Tanks, gas, empires collapsing — and a silence, at eleven o'clock on 11 November 1918, that men remembered for the rest of their lives. 👉 New history story every morning and evening — subscribe to WHYDO and travel with Khoji! CHAPTERS 0:00 One Spark 1:28 The Alliance Trap 3:09 Sarajevo — The Assassination 5:27 The Schlieffen Plan 6:29 Stopped at the Marne 7:51 The Trenches 9:58 Gas — The Wind Was the Weapon 10:36 The War Goes Global 13:13 Verdun — The Mill 15:27 The Somme 17:21 Tanks 18:17 The Eastern Front 19:05 1917 — America Turns 20:08 Russia Falls 22:57 1918 — The Last Gamble 24:55 The Hundred Days 26:20 The Armistice Carriage 26:57 Eleven O'Clock 27:38 The Bill 28:22 Four Empires Gone 29:07 The Poppies CREDITS Maps: MapLibre GL + Natural Earth data; satellite imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Music: "Stormfront" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0. Archival photographs (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons): British infantry Morval 25 September 1916.jpg — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) A team of stretcher bearers struggle through deep mud to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe on 1 August 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. Q5935.jpg — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) Breastwork trench at Armentieres 1916.jpg — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) 111-SC-10868 - U.S. Transport "Agamemnon" arriving in France, with U.S. troops, Brest, France - NARA - 55182031.jpg — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) 111-SC-1114 - Camp Lee, VA - Birdseye view of camp where 46,000 soldiers are in training - NARA - 55163551.jpg — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) 111-SC-7709 - Showing trench and dugout of 168th Regiment Infantry, formerly 3rd Regiment Infantry, Iowa National Guard, destroyed by barrage in raid of March 4, 1918, Malgrejen farm, Bandonviller, France- - NARA - 55176200.jpg — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) Sound effects: Wikimedia Commons and freesound.org creators (CC0/CC BY). All other artwork drawn for this video. Historical quotations are attributed on screen. #WW1 #WorldWar1 #History #GreatWar #Documentary