Plum duff and snowballs - a Great War Christmas

Plum duff and snowballs - a Great War Christmas

Send a text It became very apparent that the war wouldn't be over by Christmas 1914 as many had hoped for, and in this special episode, we look at how soldiers in the front celebrated Christmas, and how many charitable organizations ensured that home comforts were supplied to the men at war. From container ships of Christmas puddings to brass tins of spices, we examine what Christmas was like for men serving in and behind the lines. We also look at Christmas on the home front, and how ...

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Trench Talk - Tom Isitt and the Italian Front

Trench Talk - Tom Isitt and the Italian Front

Send a text In this latest podcast, historian and author Tom Isitt joins us. Tom has a passion (or, he might say, obsession) with the Italian Front in the Great War. An inhospitable battlefield with a...

17 Maalis 20241h 12min

Fricourt

Fricourt

Send a text With the sad news of the passing of Martin Middlebrooke, this podcast heads to the Somme battlefield where we walk across the battlefield at the village of Fricourt. Our journey takes in ...

3 Maalis 20241h 9min

Special podcast update

Special podcast update

Send a text Many of you who listen to the podcast aren't on social media and are not followers of me on Twitter so please find attached a very brief update on what's happening with the podcast going f...

19 Helmi 20248min

Trench Talk - Roger Steward in conversation about Langemarck German Cemetery

Trench Talk - Roger Steward in conversation about Langemarck German Cemetery

Send a text In this latest episode of Trench Talk, it's a real pleasure to be joined by military historian, battlefield guide and author Roger Steward. Lockdown allowed Roger to write the book he alw...

18 Helmi 20241h 11min

Where it all began - Vimy

Where it all began - Vimy

Send a text In this latest episode, we visit the battlefield where my journey through the Great War began some 35 years ago - Vimy Ridge. We look at what happened in this part of the front and have a...

11 Helmi 20241h 12min

Beyond the front - Kemmel

Beyond the front - Kemmel

Send a text Welcome to this latest episode of Footsteps of the Fallen. In this episode we travel to Flanders and visit one of the lesser-visited corners of the Great War in this part of Belgium, the ...

4 Helmi 20241h 2min

Cambrai - one day on the battlefield

Cambrai - one day on the battlefield

Send a text In our latest podcast, we visit the battlefield around Cambrai, where, on the 20th of November 1917, the first mass tank battle in military history took place. The Allies smashed a 5-mile...

14 Tammi 20241h 6min

Cobbers - Australia on the Somme

Cobbers - Australia on the Somme

Send a text Welcome to our first podcast of 2024! In this episode, we visit the battlefields around Villers Brettoneux on the Somme, an area of Picardy that will be forever associated with the Austra...

7 Tammi 20241h 11min

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