Episode 80: Pals Battalions
Mon, 09 Jun 2025
In this episode of Not So Quiet on the Western Front, we explore the rise and tragic fall of the Pal...
Episode 79: Life Behind the Lines
Mon, 02 Jun 2025
When we think of the Western Front, we think of the trenches of mud, gunfire, and death. But there...
Episode 78: French in 1918 - Part 2
Mon, 26 May 2025
In this episode we take our study of the French Army into the final, decisive Allied offensive of 19...
Episode 77: French in 1918 - Part 1
Mon, 19 May 2025
In this week’s episode we follow the French Army as they emerge from the extremely trying year of ...
Episode 76: French in 1917 - Part 2
Fri, 09 May 2025
In this week’s episode we explore the vital period following the French ‘mutinies’ of 1917 and...
Episode 75: The Nivelle Offensive - French in 1917
Fri, 02 May 2025
This week we continue our study of the French Army in the First World War as we examined one of F...
Episode 74: Lighter Than Air: Airships in the Great War - Part 2
Fri, 25 Apr 2025
In this episode, we continue our discussion of the Zeppelin campaign in the skies over Great Britain...
Episode 73: Lighter Than Air: Airships in the Great War - Part 1
Fri, 18 Apr 2025
In this episode, with the support of guest historian Ian Castle, we delve into the ever popular ‘l...
Episode 72: Göring's early life
Fri, 11 Apr 2025
In this week's episode we return to an old favourite - Air Power in the Great War. And with the help...
Episode 71: French on the Somme
Fri, 04 Apr 2025
In this week’s episode we return to a well-known battlefield, but look at it with an almost unknow...
Episode 70: Listener's Questions
Fri, 28 Mar 2025
This week we take one of our periodic dives into the many questions and comments you have shared wit...
Episode 69: Verdun! Part 2
Fri, 21 Mar 2025
In this week’s episode we continue our exploration of perhaps the best known battle of the First W...
Episode 68: Verdun! Part 1
Fri, 14 Mar 2025
In this episode we begin a deep dive into the defining battle of the First World War for the French ...
Episode 67: Life of a French Soldier
Fri, 07 Mar 2025
In this episode we delve into the day to day life of a French soldier in WW1. How were French soldie...
Episode 66: Private Purchase
Fri, 28 Feb 2025
This week we delve into the strange world of privately purchased kit and equipment in the First Worl...
Episode 65: The French Army in 1915
Fri, 21 Feb 2025
In this podcast, we continue our in-depth look at the story of the French army on the western Front ...
Episode 64: France - From Ypres to Vimy Ridge!
Fri, 14 Feb 2025
This week we turn our focus with the French to the major and extremely bloody battles fought in late...
Episode 63: France & The First Battle of the Marne
Fri, 07 Feb 2025
In this week’s episode we continue our exploration of the story of the Poilu on the Western Front,...
Episode 62: France - The National Response
Fri, 31 Jan 2025
In this week’s episode we continue our journey exploring the story of the French Army in the great...
Episode 61: France in 1914
Fri, 24 Jan 2025
In this week’s episode, alongside historian James Taub, we begin an exciting new mini-series a dee...
Episode 60: Q&A and New Community
Fri, 17 Jan 2025
In this week's episode we look back and answer some of the excellent questions you have sent in rece...
Episode 59: Myths Re-Examined Part 2
Fri, 10 Jan 2025
In this episode we go back to an old favourite - First World War Myths. We look at some of the most ...
Episode 58: More WW1 Myths!
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
In this episode we go back to an old favourite - First World War Myths. We look at some of the most ...
Episode 57: 24 Hours in the Xmas Truce
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
In this week’s episode we’ll return once more to a festive favourite, with a detailed look at th...
Episode 56: Machine Guns
Fri, 13 Dec 2024
In this episode we’ll explore the fascinating, and brutal story of the machine gun on the western ...
Episode 55: Trench Lingo Part 2
Fri, 06 Dec 2024
In this week’s episode we return to an old favourite to explore more of the famous ‘Trench Slang...
Episode 54: The Battle of Cambrai Part 2 - Success and Setbacks
Fri, 29 Nov 2024
In this episode, we continue our story of the Battle of Cambrai. What happened on its dramatic first...
Episode 53: The Battle of Cambrai Part 1 -First Mass Tank Attack
Fri, 22 Nov 2024
In this week’s episode we’ll take a deep dive into perhaps one of the most influential battles o...
Episode 52: 24 Hours In A Trench
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
In this episode we’ll head into the frontlines and explore what a period of 24 hours in a trench l...
Episode 51: Cavalry Part 2
Fri, 08 Nov 2024
In this episode we continue our canter through the story of cavalry in the great war. From it’s im...
Episode 50: Q&A - 1 Year Anniversary
Fri, 01 Nov 2024
In this episode, on our one-year anniversary, we again delve into some of the excellent questions th...
Episode 49: Cavalry
Fri, 25 Oct 2024
In this episode, we’ll explore the vital role played by Cavalry in the early role of the Great War...
Episode 48: Mapping the Battlefields
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
In this episode we’ll explore the much overlooked but vital process of mapping the trenches of the...
Episode 47: Food In The Trenches
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 46: Ypres & Battlefield Tourism
Fri, 04 Oct 2024
In this episode we discuss how and why the Belgian city of Ypres became a focal point for British re...
Episode 45: Listener's Questions
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 44: Germany at War
Fri, 20 Sep 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 43: Canadians at War Part 2
Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 42: Canadians at War
Fri, 06 Sep 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 41: What If?
Fri, 30 Aug 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In...
Episode 40: Doughboys 8 - AEF: The Final Push
Fri, 23 Aug 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In...
Episode 39: Doughboys 7 - Meuse Argonne Part 2
Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 38: Doughboys 6 - Meuse Argonne
Fri, 09 Aug 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Bonus Episode: WW2 - Both Sides of the Wire
Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Exciting News! This week we’re delighted to be announcing the launch of a brand new podcast, ‘WW...
Episode 37: Doughboys 5 - St Mihiel
Fri, 26 Jul 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 36: Doughboys 4 - The Rock of the Marne
Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 35: Doughboys 3 - Belleau Wood
Fri, 12 Jul 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 34: Doughboys 2 - Raising the US Army
Fri, 05 Jul 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 33: Doughboys 1 - America in WW1
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In ...
Episode 32: Belgium
Fri, 21 Jun 2024
In this episode, we’ll explore the story of the Belgians in the Great War. We’ll look at their v...
Episode 31: ANZACS At WAR
Fri, 14 Jun 2024
In this episode we’ll take a look at the fascinating story of Australian troops on the Western Fro...
Episode 30: Commemorating The Fallen
Fri, 07 Jun 2024
In this week’s episode we look at the story of the commemoration of the fallen of the Great War. W...
Episode 29: Shot at Dawn - Executions in the Great War
Fri, 31 May 2024
In this episode we’ll explore the highly controversial subject of military executions in the First...
Episode 28: Home Front - Women
Fri, 24 May 2024
In this week’s episode we continue our look at the story of the home front in the Great War with a...
Episode 27: Home Front
Fri, 17 May 2024
In this week’s episode, the first in a multi-part set, we’ll explore the fascinating story of li...
Episode 26: Tunnellers
Fri, 10 May 2024
In this episode we’ll explore the famous story of the war conducted beneath the Western front, Fro...
Episode 25: Walking Into Machine Guns
Fri, 03 May 2024
In this episode we’ll look at the highly controversial and often much misunderstood story of the f...
Episode 24: Why did the armies keep attacking?
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Why did the armies keep attacking? In this episode, we’ll examine one of the enduring controversi...
Episode 23: Barbed Wire
Fri, 19 Apr 2024
This week, in a particularly geeky episode, Dan and Spencer explore the much understudied and perhap...
Episode 22: Junior Officers
Fri, 12 Apr 2024
This week, Dan and Spencer lift the lid on the remarkable story of Junior Officers on the Western Fr...
Episode 21: Trench Raiding
Fri, 05 Apr 2024
This week's episode sees Spencer and Dan discussing the emergence and evolution of the vital practis...
Episode 20: Tommy Atkins
Fri, 29 Mar 2024
This week Dan and Spencer explore the story of the 'Tommy' of the Great War, looking at his motivati...
Episode 19: The Missing
Fri, 22 Mar 2024
In this week's episode, Spencer and Dan explore the story of the 'Missing' of the Great War. We look...
Episode 18: Zeppelins
Fri, 15 Mar 2024
In this weeks episode, Dan and Spencer examine the story of Zeppelin Raids in the Great War, with a ...
Episode 17: Gas Warfare
Fri, 08 Mar 2024
In this week's episode Spencer and Dan explore the story of Gas Warfare on the Western Front. From i...
Episode 16: Innovation on the frontlines
Fri, 01 Mar 2024
This week, Dan and Spencer explore the concept of innovation on the Western Front. With millions of ...
Episode 15: Artillery- The King of the Battlefield?
Fri, 23 Feb 2024
Join us this week as Spencer and Dan exore the vital role played by artillery in The Great War. From...
Episode 14: Wounded!
Fri, 16 Feb 2024
This week Spencer and Dan delve into the fascinating and harrowing story of the wounded of the First...
Episode 13: Trenches
Fri, 09 Feb 2024
This week follow us into the trenches as we discuss the myths and realities of trench warfare in the...
Episode 12: Tanks!
Fri, 02 Feb 2024
In this week's episode Dan and Spencer explore the fascinating story of tanks in the First World War...
Episode 11: Trench Talk
Fri, 26 Jan 2024
In this week's episode Dan and Spencer explore the language and popularised phrases of the First Wor...
Episode 10: Air Power!
Fri, 19 Jan 2024
In this episode, Spencer and Dan discuss the fascinating story of air power in the First World War. ...
Episode 9: Generals!
Fri, 12 Jan 2024
This week we explore the famous, and highly controversial figure of the General in the First World W...
Episode 8: 100 Days
Fri, 05 Jan 2024
This week, Dan and Spencer explore the final series of huge offensives of the war on the Western Fro...
Episode 7: Spring Offensive Part 2
Fri, 29 Dec 2023
This week's episode sees Dan and Spencer continue their journey through the fascinating story of the...
Bonus Episode: The Christmas Truce
Fri, 22 Dec 2023
In this Special Bonus Episode Dan and Spencer explore the story of the famous 1914 Christmas Truce, ...
Episode 6: Spring Offensive Part 1
Fri, 15 Dec 2023
In this episode Dan and Spencer explore the build up to, and launching of the famous 1918 Spring Off...
Episode 5: The Battle of Passchendaele
Fri, 08 Dec 2023
In this episode, Dan and Spencer explore perhaps the best known battle to take place on the Western ...
Episode 4: The Battle of the Somme
Fri, 01 Dec 2023
In this episode Dan and Spencer discuss perhaps the most infamous of all Battles to take place on th...
Epsiode 3: The Battle of Loos
Fri, 24 Nov 2023
In this week's episode Dan and Spencer explore the September 1915 Battle of Loos. Fought over notori...
Episode 2: The Battle of Mons
Fri, 17 Nov 2023
In this episode we focus on the famous opening engagement of the British expeditionary Force on the ...
Episode 1: Myths and Reality in WW1
Fri, 17 Nov 2023
In this episode Dan and Spencer discuss some of the popularly held beliefs around the First World Wa...
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Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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