Secrets of War WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles (Season 1, Episode 23)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

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Secrets of War

WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles (Season 1, Episode 23)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

As the armies of World War One struggled under an onslaught of terrifying weapons, the German government broke the stalemate and issued in a new era of warfare by turning to covert operations.

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Charlton Heston Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Jean-Jacques Becker Self - Historian, Pres. Historia Research Center, Paris Self - Historian, Pres. Historia Research Center, Paris See fewer	Les 4 vérités (1987)
Jules Witcover Self - Journalist & Author 'Sabotage at Black Tom' Self - Journalist & Author 'Sabotage at Black Tom' See fewer	A Ripple of Hope (2008)
Mark Seaman Self - Author 'Bravest of the Brave' Self - Author 'Bravest of the Brave' See fewer	Band of Brothers (2001)
Norman Polmar Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' See fewer	Defcon 2: Cuban Missile Crisis (2002)
Stephen O'Shea Self - Author 'Back to the Front' Self - Author 'Back to the Front' See fewer	Independent Lens (1999)
Gary Sheffield Self - Professor, Sandhurst Military College Self - Professor, Sandhurst Military College See fewer	D-Day to Berlin (2005)
Thomas B. Allen Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' See fewer	The Plutonium Incident (1980)
Diarmaid Ferriter Self - Historian, University College, Dublin (as Diarmuid Ferriter) Self - Historian, University College, Dublin (as Diarmuid Ferriter) See fewer	Keepers of the Flame (2018)
T. Ryle Dwyer Self - Journalist and Historian Self - Journalist and Historian See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
Jean-Pierre Verney Self - Historian, French Minister of Defense Self - Historian, French Minister of Defense See fewer	The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (1981)
Stephen O'Shea Self - Interviewee #1.23 Self - Interviewee #1.23 See fewer	La haine (1995)
Roger Casement Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial, No. 40 (1916)
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Maurice Gamelin Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Journal de guerre n°7, semaine du 11 novembre 1939 (1939)
William Reginald Hall Self - 'Blinker' Hall (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - 'Blinker' Hall (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Edward M. House Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 50 (1915)
Kaiser Wilhelm II Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Gewalt gegen Recht (1920)
Vladimir Lenin Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Un'alba (1920)
Patrick Pearse Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
John J. Pershing Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	France in Arms (1917)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Pancho Villa Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Life of Villa (1912)
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 34 (1915)
Franz von Rintelen Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Woodrow Wilson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Arthur Zimmermann Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer