The Train That Started World War I (Not the Bullets)

World War I is often explained by two bullets fired in Sarajevo.
But what if the real trigger wasn’t an assassination… but a railway?

In this documentary, we uncover the hidden economic and strategic forces behind World War I, focusing on the Berlin–Baghdad Railway — a massive infrastructure project that terrified the British Empire more than any army or navy.

This is not a story about generals or battlefields.
It is a story about trade routes, oil, imperial power, and control.

As Germany searched for a path beyond British-controlled seas, and the Ottoman Empire fought for economic survival, a single railway began to reshape global politics — and redraw the future of the Middle East.

The Great War did not begin only with bullets.
It began with steel tracks, oil ambitions, and imperial fear.

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