This is EP 4 of our second series on WW1. EP 1 is here: https://youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc EP 2 is here: https://youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ EP 3 is here: https://youtu.be/UTZPgGxvuPU All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_ And for the entirety of our series about WWI: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Why did the British nurse, Edith Cavell, become a key player in the Belgian Resistance to German occupation? How did she carry out her mission? And, why was she ultimately executed, so controversially? Join Dominic and Tom as they unfold the life of the remarkable Edith Cavell, her time as a nurse, her espionage, and ultimately her tragic fate, amidst the death and destruction of the First World War. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy 3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal 0:00 German Behaviour in Belgium 0:33 Lloyds 1:56 Remember Belgium 4:04 Who Was Edith Cavell? 8:37 Belgium’s First Nursing School 10:26 Cavell Returns to Occupied Brussels 12:54 The Escaped British Soldiers 16:15 Inside the Belgian Resistance Network 20:20 How Cavell Helped Allied Soldiers Escape 23:15 The Network Begins to Fall Apart 24:48 The Spy Who Betrayed Edith Cavell 27:39 Cavell Is Arrested by the Germans 28:19 Cavell’s Interrogation and Confession 31:46 The Trial for War Treason 35:28 Why Cavell Was Sentenced to Death 36:36 Cavell’s Final Night in Prison 39:34 The American Attempt to Save Her 41:47 The Execution of Edith Cavell 45:12 Cavell Becomes a Martyr 48:35 Did the Germans Have a Case? 50:44 The Espionage Question 52:40 Cavell’s Legacy Around the World 54:44 Edith Piaf and Cavell’s French Legacy 55:52 Why Hitler Destroyed Cavell’s Monument 57:46 Next Time: Gallipoli