The Great War

Shares rank 7 of 11 documentary series by recommenders

Recommended for well-produced, in-depth WWI history videos, praised as a top-notch and impressive project.

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Top-notch content and production quality
“Top notch content and production quality.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report”
“They are very good an in depth.”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “The Greatest Shot in Television: James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene”
Seen as a great, impressive project
“there was this great YouTube series called The Great War”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “History LLMs: Models trained exclusively on pre-1913 texts”
“A truly impressive project.”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “History LLMs: Models trained exclusively on pre-1913 texts”
Cited by name as a source
“As Indy Neidell says at the beginning of The Great War documentary”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report”
“there was this great YouTube series called The Great War”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “History LLMs: Models trained exclusively on pre-1913 texts”

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“Top notch content and production quality.”

RecommendsComment from 18 Sep 2026 in “US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report”

“As Indy Neidell says at the beginning of The Great War documentary”

RecommendsComment from 18 Sep 2026 in “US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report”

“They are very good an in depth.”

RecommendsComment from 12 May 2026 in “The Greatest Shot in Television: James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene”

“A truly impressive project.”

RecommendsComment from 19 Dec 2025 in “History LLMs: Models trained exclusively on pre-1913 texts”

“there was this great YouTube series called The Great War”

RecommendsComment from 19 Dec 2025 in “History LLMs: Models trained exclusively on pre-1913 texts”

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