On 8 November 1918, an Englishman, a Frenchman and a German gathered in secret, on a train carriage in a forest near Paris. Their meeting would last for three days. Its aim: bring peace to Europe, and an end to four long years of brutal and deadly war. One hundred years after the end of the First World War, this documentary uncovers the extraordinary events leading up to the Armistice negotiations, and the repercussions that would ripple across the continent, and throughout the 20th century - sometimes with catastrophic consequences. Now, leading historians have examined the meeting from the perspectives of the three key players on the train, as well as the people who sent them there. Each had the weight of their nation on their shoulders. Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss joined the Navy at just 13, and grew up to be the commander of the most powerful navy on earth. Britain had ruled the waves for over 100 years, and Wemyss has been sent to the meeting with one objective - keep it that way. He had to make sure that the negotiations not only gave Britain the upper hand at sea, but ensured that Germany never threaten Britain's naval dominance again - whatever the cost. Marshall Ferdinand Foch was in charge of the war on land. He had seen his beloved France decimated by a war of attrition which had cost millions of lives, on a front line which never moved more than a few miles. He was single-minded and unapologetic in his aim: dismantle Germany and prevent them from ever invading France again. German Matthias Erzberger was, unlike his French and British counterparts, not a military man, but a politician. Sent to negotiate for a nation on its knees, he had little room for manoeuvre, but still faced harsher terms than he had ever expected. While fighting his corner in the train carriage, events in Germany were unfolding faster than he could possibly imagine. This programme follows the meeting and its consequences - not only for the individuals on the train, but the countries they represented. This is the story of the end of one World War, and the beginning of another.

The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of one of the most devastating wars in human history, which claimed the lives of ten million soldiers and over twenty million civilians, changing the world and global civilization forever. Please turn on Closed Captions.

原制作由德国进行胶片彩色化，NHK引进放送。除还原杀戮战场外，该系列的重点是人物，探讨这场史无前例的战争是怎样影响后来在二战中成为核心领袖的蒙哥马利、戴高乐、巴顿、希特勒等人。

第一次世界大战。超过35个世界强国卷入了这场冲突。结果，四个帝国：俄罗斯、奥匈帝国、奥斯曼帝国和德意志帝国全都不复存在。参加国损失了1200万人，5500万人受伤……从这部纪录片中，观众将了解战争的整个过程。

1914年爆发的世界大战无疑是人类历史上最可怕的战争之一。这是历史上第一次夺走数百万人生命的军事冲突。《第一次世界大战:欧洲的自杀》是一部关于第一次世界大战的编年史，讲述了古老的欧洲文明在这场战争中遭受的浩劫。并揭示了关于野心、贪婪和幻想破灭的毁灭性事实。这些可怕的历史事件对战败者和胜利者都有十分深远的影响。

《天启：第一次世界大战》是法国制作的一部关于一战题材的纪录片。影片开头将镜头给到了生活在1914年前的欧洲人们，他们脸上洋溢着笑容，生活富足美满。随着萨拉热窝刺杀事件，一战爆发了。奥匈帝国先把矛头对准塞尔维亚，沙俄随后反击。奥匈帝国和德国联盟，沙俄再和英法联盟，随后意大利、美国、日本等国也加入战争，将一场欧洲小范围的战争，扩大成了全世界范围。4年战争，或者说屠杀，浓缩在了5集纪录片里，却依然带给人震撼。

原制作由德国进行胶片彩色化，NHK引进放送。除还原杀戮战场外，该系列的重点是人物，探讨这场史无前例的战争是怎样影响后来在二战中成为核心领袖的蒙哥马利、戴高乐、巴顿、希特勒等人。

本片并不是从政治和军事角度，而是从士兵、家庭主妇、工人、护士和孩童角度来讲述一战的故事。本片再现了战争对14位主角的人生带来重大影响的事件，并把他们的命运交织在一起。本片所讲述的不仅是一战的政治或军事历史，而且是一段深刻展现了平常人真情实感的故事。 ---------- 14 - Diaries of the Great War is a 2014 international documentary drama series about World War I. It uses a mix of fictionalized scenes , archive footage, and animation. All episodes were directed by Jan Peter, series authors were Jan Peter and Yury Winterberg. In a dramatic advisory capacity, Dutch producer and screenwriter Maarten van der Duin and BBC-author Andrew Bampfield worked on the film's development. The series is based on an idea by Gunnar Dedio, producer at the film company LOOKS Leipzig and Ulrike Dotzer, the Head of Department ARTE at Norddeutscher Rundfunk. The individual episodes of the series tell the story of the First World War, not from the perspective of politicians and the military; but from the perspective of soldiers, housewives, factory workers, nurses and children. In total there are 14 main characters. Meaningful scenes from their lives are re-enacted and intertwined. The result is not only a political or military history of the First World War, but a story that poignantly captures the feelings and moods of the people. ---------- La Première Guerre Mondiale racontée par les journaux de guerre et la correspondance de 14 témoins et acteurs du conflit, célèbres ou i nconnus, hommes ou femmes, adultes ou enfants, autrichiens, allemands, Italiens, russes, Français, Britanniques ou Canadiens. En abordant cet évènement sous l'angle humain et personnel, il est ainsi permis de donner un éclairage plus intime et aussi plus universel, donc très actuel, sur les drames engendrés par toutes les guerres. Car quel conflit aujourd'hui ne provoque pas les mêmes ravages ?