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Trenches: Battleground WWI

2006PGdocumentary

World War I, the first global conflict, is depicted through rare footage, much of it previously unreleased on DVD, in this five-disc set.

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World War I, the first global conflict, is depicted through rare footage, much of it previously unreleased on DVD, in this five-disc set.

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Experience firsthand "the war to end all wars." World War I was the first war in history to affect most of the globe, with battles fought on land, at sea and, for the first time, in the sky. This five-disc DVD set captures the experience almost a century after it happened, with rare footage, much of it never before released on DVD.

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