Adolf Hitler. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Benito Mussolini. Winston Churchill. Charles de Gaulle. George Patton. Before they were the giants of WWII, they were infantrymen and privates in WWI, the war to end all wars. The story of the devastating three decades of twentieth-century world war is told through the eyes of the men whose characters were forged in the trenches before they commanded a world on the brink of disaster.

Title from web page. Languages and special features from DVD menus. Originally aired as a mini-series on the History Channel in 2014. Special features: Deleted scenes; characters in depth: Churchill, Stalin, Truman, FDR, Eisenhower, Hitler ; Featurettes: WW1: One word, Tech developments of WWI, Life in a trench, The US in WWI, Did WWI lead to WWII?, Legacy of WWI, WWI: Global connections, One thing you should know about WWI, Nationalism and WWI, Harlen Hellfighters.

Disc 1. Trial by fire ; A rising threat -- Disc 2. Never surrender ; Bonus features.