Link to World war 1 in colour: 5- Mayhem on the eastern front documentary
Documentary Description
When war broke out in 1914 the Eastern Front campaign moved swiftly.
Austrian troops invaded Serbia, and Russia, as Serbia's ally, invaded
both Germany and Austria. The Austrians quickly retreated, demoralised
by the success of the Russian advance. Yet against the Germans, 50,000
Russians were killed or wounded at the battle of Tannenberg. German
Generals Hindenberg and Erich von Ludendorff, spurred on by their easy
victories against the Russians, dreamed of an extended German empire to
the East