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Ep284 – King George V in WW1 – Prof Heather Jones
Ep283 – Frank Brangwyn’s Great War art – Libby Horner
Ep282 – Drill, training, and discipline in WW1 – Harry Sanderson
Ep281 – Cricket during the Great War – John Broom
Ep280 – Conscript morale in 1918 – Tim Lynch
Ep279 – The Bucks Battalion in the Great War – Prof Ian Beckett
Ep278 – Hanham – Andrew Wood
Ep277 – The Friendly Invasion of Lewes in 1914 – Jonathan Vernon
Ep276a – Walking the Western Front Way – Sir Anthony Seldon
Ep276 – The assassination of Sir Henry Wilson – Ronan McGreevy
Ep275 – Managing boredom in Salonika amongst British troops – Jake Gasson
Ep274 – Fishermen’s involvement in the Great War – Dr Robb Robinson
Ep273 – The German Army in October 1918 – Katherine Quinlan-Flatter
Ep272 – The political and social history of Ireland in WW1 – Dr Niamh Gallagher & Prof Richard Grayson
Ep271 – Children and childhood in WW1 – Dr Viv Newman
Ep270 – Gas Warfare during WW1 – Rocky Salmon
Ep269 – The Netherlands during WW1 – Pauline Onderwater
Ep268 – Richard Aldington and the Great War – Dr Viv Whelpton
Ep267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-8 – Dr Alex Mayhew
Ep266 – The US 103rd Regiment in WW1 – Jonathan Bratten
Ep265 – The Indian Army in WW1 – Dr Andrew Jarboe
Ep264 – 1917, The Darkest Year – Dr Spencer Jones
Dr Spencer Jones talks about The Darkest Year, a collection of essays he edited on the British Army fighting on the Western Front in 1917 during the Great War. The volume covers a wide range of subjects including grand strategy, tactical development and training, maintenance of morale and the importance of intelligence gathering. It also includes insightful studies of crucial battles and engagements such as the advance to the Hindenburg Line, Third Battle of the Scarpe and the dreadful struggle for Bourlon Wood. Spencer outlines what this book tells us about the state of the British Army in 1917 and how far it had progressed along the ‘learning process’ of operational and organisational development. Spencer is a Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, and currently serves as the Regimental Historian of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The transcript to the interview is here (Note: check against delivery):
Ep263 – The German colonies in WW1 – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick
Ep262 – WW1 Officers facing disgrace in 1920s courtrooms – Dr Frances Hurd
Ep261a – In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War – Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy
In this special podcast, I talk to historian and photographer Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy about the launch of his book In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War. The two-volume book chronicles and explains the historical events of the Great War through photos taken by the author one hundred years later, between 2014 and 2021, in each and every theatre of this global conflict. Beginning in Sarajevo, continuing through the battlefields of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific, all the way to Versailles, the book covers a total of 57 different countries. More information on the book can be found here: https://www.greatwarbook.com/us/
Ep261 – Teaching the Great War Kingham Hill School – Donna Saxby & Gareth Williams
Ep260 – Subterranean operations in WW1 – Dr Matt Leonard
Ep259 – The Boy Scouts during the War – Dr Craig Armstrong
Ep258 – Dissent and indiscipline in the Indian Army during WW1 – Dr Adam Prime
Ep257 – Visiting the battlefields in France and Belgium – Tom Strickland
Ep256 – Fighting at the Battle of the Isonzo on your computer – Jos Hoebe
Ep255 – Association Football on the Home Front – Dr Alexander Jackson
Ep254 – 1919 Peace Day Mugs & Medals – Giles Penman
Ep253 – The Kaiser during the Great War – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick
Ep252 – Frank Prewett and the Great War – Prof Joy Porter
Ep251 – Debating America’s response to the Great War – Dr Neil Lanctot
Ep250p1 – Sir Henry Rawlinson – Prof. Robin Prior
Ep250pt2 – The Western Front – Prof Nick Lloyd
Ep249 – The Illustrated Chronicle in WW1 – Peter Welsh
Ep248 – 2nd line TF divisions in WW1 – Dr Bill Mitchinson
Ep247 – The Punjab record project – Dr Gavin Rand
Ep246 – Centre for Experimental Archaeology and the Great War – Andy Robertshaw
Ep245 – Brian Feeney – Antrim and the Irish Revolution, 1912 – 23
Ep244a – The War to End all Wars – Joakim Brodén, Sabaton
Swedish heavy metal front man for the band Sabaton Joakim Brodén talks about their 10th album that takes inspiration from the Great War. A War to End All Wars is the second album to use the First World War as its theme. Their first album was The Great War and the podcast interviewed bass player Pär Sundström about this in Ep129. Joakim talks about the inspiration for the album, the ideas for the songs and what they are seeking to do with the album. This album is released on 4.3.22 under the Nuclear Blast label.
Ep244 – A legacy of WW1 – Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Hitler – Alex Clifford
Ep243 – Discipline in the AIF in WW1 – Prof Peter Stanley
Ep242 – Frances Hurd – Sex, violence and alcohol – some after – effects of the Great War
Ep241 – Simon Verdegem – Lost but not forgotten. The archaeological recovery of FWW casualties
Ep240 – Dr Emily Mayhew – Stretcher Bearers on the Western Front