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Royal Cousins at War

History · 2014

Last aired: S1 E2, Into the Abyss · 2014-02-06

At the outbreak of the First World War three cousins reigned over Europe's greatest powers - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. This two-part series looks at the role played by the three monarchs, and their relationships with each other, in the outbreak of war, arguing that it is far greater than historians have traditionally believed.

Cast

Tamsin Greig Narrator

Season 1

E1 A House Divided 2014-02-05 · 60 min Discover how Europe's royal relatives - Tsar Nicholas II, Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V - ended up at war. The first of a riveting two-part documentary on WWI.

E2 Into the Abyss 2014-02-06 · 60 min Hear how royal ructions gave rise to WWI. The Anglo-Russian entente of 1907 and Kaiser Wilhelm II's unstable behaviour led to Germany's isolation - and eventually war.

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