
The man with the donkey
Send a text In this episode, we take our first trip to the Gallipoli peninsula where we hear about an unlikely hero whose exploits have entered into Australian folklore. The immigrant son of a Tynesi...
28 Syys 202030min

75 acres of hell - High Wood
Send a text For a period of two months between July and September 1916, the British and Germans fought bitterly for control of High Wood, which dominated the Bazentin ridge on the Somme. Described as...
20 Syys 202035min

An absolute waste of life - the battle of Neuve Chapelle
Send a text In this second episode, we head into France and look at the first British offensive of the Great War, the battle of Neuve Chapelle. A story of initial success, tempered by a lack of artil...
3 Syys 202031min

Oxford Road: tanks and cricket - a journey through a cemetery
Send a text In this first episode, we visit Oxford Road cemetery near Ypres and hear about Clement Robinson, the first man from the tank corps to be awarded the VC and a man whose passing was describe...
22 Elo 202025min





















