WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!
Episodes
Episode 34: Doughboys 2 - Raising the US Army
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In this episode we’ll study how the United States r...
Episode 33: Doughboys 1 - America in WW1
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Details of our associated ‘on the ground’ tour in France: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour In this episode, the first of a series, we explore th...
Episode 32: Belgium
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’ll explore the story of the Belgians in the Great War. We’ll look at their vital military contributions in 1914, their continu...
Episode 31: ANZACS At WAR
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll take a look at the fascinating story of Australian troops on the Western Front. From the earliest combat at Gallipoli to their...
Episode 30: Commemorating The Fallen
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode we look at the story of the commemoration of the fallen of the Great War. Why was it an unprecedented challenge, how was it a...
Episode 29: Shot at Dawn - Executions in the Great War
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll explore the highly controversial subject of military executions in the First World War. What caused men to be ‘shot at dawn’...
Episode 28: Home Front - Women
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode we continue our look at the story of the home front in the Great War with a focus on the vital role women played in supportin...
Episode 27: Home Front
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, the first in a multi-part set, we’ll explore the fascinating story of life on Britain’s Home Front in the Great War with...
Episode 26: Tunnellers
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll explore the famous story of the war conducted beneath the Western front, From the men who pioneered it, the methods used, and ...
Episode 25: Walking Into Machine Guns
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll look at the highly controversial and often much misunderstood story of the frontal assault on the trenches of the Western Fron...
Episode 24: Why did the armies keep attacking?
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why did the armies keep attacking? In this episode, we’ll examine one of the enduring controversies of the First World War - why did the Allies kee...
Episode 23: Barbed Wire
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in a particularly geeky episode, Dan and Spencer explore the much understudied and perhaps underappreciated importance of barbed wire on th...
Episode 22: Junior Officers
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Dan and Spencer lift the lid on the remarkable story of Junior Officers on the Western Front. We look at their roles and responsibilities, ...
Episode 21: Trench Raiding
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode sees Spencer and Dan discussing the emergence and evolution of the vital practise of trench raiding across the Western Front. We e...
Episode 20: Tommy Atkins
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dan and Spencer explore the story of the 'Tommy' of the Great War, looking at his motivations, experiences and performance on the battlefiel...
Episode 19: The Missing
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Spencer and Dan explore the story of the 'Missing' of the Great War. We look at what caused men to be reported as missing in a...
Episode 18: Zeppelins
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode, Dan and Spencer examine the story of Zeppelin Raids in the Great War, with a focus on their initial successes, allied counterme...
Episode 17: Gas Warfare
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode Spencer and Dan explore the story of Gas Warfare on the Western Front. From it's drastic impact at the Second Battle of Ypres i...
Episode 16: Innovation on the frontlines
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Dan and Spencer explore the concept of innovation on the Western Front. With millions of men fighting for four years on the frontlines, we ...
Episode 15: Artillery- The King of the Battlefield?
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this week as Spencer and Dan exore the vital role played by artillery in The Great War. From it's somewhat uninspiring start, and through a st...
Episode 14: Wounded!
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Spencer and Dan delve into the fascinating and harrowing story of the wounded of the First World War, with a focus on the 'Medical Evacuatio...
Episode 13: Trenches
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week follow us into the trenches as we discuss the myths and realities of trench warfare in the First World War. From their inception and involut...
Episode 12: Tanks!
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode Dan and Spencer explore the fascinating story of tanks in the First World War, from their conception and development to perform...
Episode 11: Trench Talk
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode Dan and Spencer explore the language and popularised phrases of the First World War, how it evolved on the Western Front and ho...
Episode 10: Air Power!
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Spencer and Dan discuss the fascinating story of air power in the First World War. From it’s early role in scouting and reconnaissa...
Episode 9: Generals!
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we explore the famous, and highly controversial figure of the General in the First World War, exploring whether their modern reputation as o...
Episode 8: 100 Days
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Dan and Spencer explore the final series of huge offensives of the war on the Western Front, collectively known as the 'Hundred Days'. Foug...
Episode 7: Spring Offensive Part 2
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode sees Dan and Spencer continue their journey through the fascinating story of the 1918 Spring Offensive with a look at Operation Ge...
Bonus Episode: The Christmas Truce
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Special Bonus Episode Dan and Spencer explore the story of the famous 1914 Christmas Truce, how it came about, why it is important and what ac...
Episode 6: Spring Offensive Part 1
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dan and Spencer explore the build up to, and launching of the famous 1918 Spring Offensive, Germany's last gamble to split the British...
Episode 5: The Battle of Passchendaele
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and Spencer explore perhaps the best known battle to take place on the Western Front in the First World War. Fought in famously a...
Episode 4: The Battle of the Somme
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dan and Spencer discuss perhaps the most infamous of all Battles to take place on the Western front in 1916 - The Somme. Known best fo...
Epsiode 3: The Battle of Loos
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode Dan and Spencer explore the September 1915 Battle of Loos. Fought over notoriously 'unfavourable ground' it saw new technology ...
Episode 2: The Battle of Mons
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we focus on the famous opening engagement of the British expeditionary Force on the Western Front, the Battle of Mons. Fought over fou...
Episode 1: Myths and Reality in WW1
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dan and Spencer discuss some of the popularly held beliefs around the First World War, from the average soldiers age and motivation fo...
Podcast Teaser
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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