ZDF - Doomsday World War 1 (2013) Part 2 Purgatory
Doomsday World War 1
The First World War ā carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war? In three episodes we trace their careers back to the battlefields of WWI, including Adolf Hitler, Bernard L. Montgomery, Hermann Goering, Charles de Gaulle, George S. Patton and Walter Model. Their personal stories are set against the backdrop of a bigger political and strategic reality.
Part 2 Purgatory
At the battle of Verdun, Captain Charles De Gaulle is wounded by a bayonet and forced to surrender to German forces. His time as a German POW and Herman Goering making reconnaissance flights, shapes impressions of Germany, and will have a profound impact on their stances during World War II.
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