Скачать или смотреть The Arms Race & Militarism | THE WORLD BEFORE WORLD WARS 1880–1914 | EP-4

Between 1880 and 1914, the world’s superpowers didn't just walk into World War I—they built it, piece by piece. In this episode of 'The World Before World Wars', we expose the terrifying mechanism of the Great Arms Race.

From the shiny hull of the HMS Dreadnought that rendered all other navies obsolete, to the smoky factories of the Krupp dynasty churning out 'Merchants of Death', civilization was engineering its own destruction. We uncover how the 'Cult of the Offensive' blinded generals to the reality of the Maxim gun, and how a family feud between the Kaiser and the King escalated into a global catastrophe. This is the story of how the gilded age of the Belle Époque constructed the doomsday machine that would eventually consume it.