World War One: Russia at War

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Russia's disastrous war on the Eastern Front became a catalyst for revolution at home. In 1914, Russia went to war against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire. But Russia was unprepared for a conflict on such a scale. Millions were killed or wounded at the front. There were chronic shortages at home. Popular anger led to the fall of the Tsar and the start of the Russian revolution. Using archive recordings we tell the story of the war in the East. Photo: Russian soldiers flee through a village after a provocateur announced that the German cavalry had broken through circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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1:18.8	Hello and thank you for downloading witness from the BBC World Service with me Alex Last and today to mark the centenary of Russia's withdrawal from the First World War in March 1918,
1:25.0	we use archive recordings to tell the story of the conflict on the Eastern Front,
1:30.0	which became a catalyst for revolution.
1:34.0	In 1914, Russia, allied to France and Britain went to war against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. in the war was there clear, it not a gloomy day or that people said, my God, what will happen now?
1:55.7	They all said, thank God, now let's concentrate on the job.
1:59.6	The Eastern Front stretched from the Baltic across Central and Eastern Europe to the Black Sea.
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