Interesting story- the German General who could have stopped it all told a hesistant Kaiser that it was too late/cant turn back now as he had all his troops ready. That Generals son (or Nephew?) was shot by Hitler in WWII. Cant remember the names off the top of my head if anyone knows them?? The General died a year after the start due to ill health/nerves.

is it worth watching? I have it recorded.

Ah yes Moltke the younger

Here is Moltke shot for treason against Hitler:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_James_Graf_von_Moltke

Also amazing how they are all related. The Russian, Austrian and German Ambasadors were cousins. The Kaiser was Victorias grandson, I think.

The other interesting thing is how only so few actually had a clue of what was / is happening.

Contrast that to todays Ukraine and wall to wall coverage of live events.

Very good telly.

Thanks for the heads up will add that to download list

That sounds good, as a complete ignoramus how do i find such a podcast?

Watched episodes 1 & 2 on the iplayer as a result of this thread.

The programme is excellent. Just need to pack the kids off for an hour so I can watch the last one.

Wow, just watched the first two back to back last night (don’t think I have sat through 2 hours of TV in a long time).

Fascinating and agrees with above, Ian McDiarmid is great – he has the balance between humility and being a peace-maker juxtaposed with being the person responsible for enforcing the British Empire’s power over world order – the scenes where he is outlining the stance on involvement with France etc was superbly underplayed.

Amazing.