First Battle of Ypres, Ottoman Empire, WW1, 1914

The video covers the halt of the German offensive at the Marne, the beginning of trench warfare at Ypres, and the evolution of military helmets from leather to steel. It also discusses the Ottoman Empire joining the war on the side of Germany and Austria, and the subsequent Armenian genocide carried out by the Ottoman government.

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