In 1913, a massive explosion rocks Europe, and the world is thrown into chaos as a powerful, non-human force, believed to be from Mars, invades the planet. As the war unfolds, the European Allies engage monstrous Martian fighting machines, but their military tactics only serve to resupply the enemy with fresh metal. Across the Atlantic, US President Woodrow Wilson struggles to keep America out of the war while sending aid to the beleaguered European alliance. Following an apparent attack on London by a single alien tripod, the Allies discover that the Martians are vulnerable to a terrestrial virus endemic to horses, and they engineer a bioweapon that kills the Martians, winning the war. However, the disease mutates, resulting in millions more deaths in the following pandemic than had occurred during the war. Throughout the documentary, modern historians with opposing views about the conflict's many controversies offer their perspectives. They disagree on an incendiary new discovery centered around previously uncrackable "Martian Code", a vast century-old cache of Martian documents seized following the end of the war. These messages contain warnings fromthe "Martians" themselves about the true culprit behind invasion: a liquid metal lifeform (which mankind names "Victacite") that entices other intelligent species into appropriating its highly-adaptable technology, eventually forcing humans to wage war on other worlds in order to spread its parasitic existence. The Great Martian War 1913-1917 is a gripping and thought-provoking documentary that explores one of history's most significant conflicts and its implications for the future of humanity.

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