The Kitchener conspiracy

The Kitchener conspiracy

Send us Fan Mail In June 1916, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum was on board HMS Hampshire, heading for Archangel in Russia for top-secret talks. About 1 mile from the Orkney Islands, HMS Hampshire exploded and sank to the bottom of the sea, killing 737 of the 749 souls on board, including Kitchener himself. For the Great War generation, this was their 9/11 or Kennedy assassination. There was a genuine fear that without Kitchener, there was no hope that the war would be won. But, no sooner ...

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The day the world turned green

The day the world turned green

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we walk the battlefield of the first German gas attack in April 1915. We begin by surveying the battlefield from a German observation post at the Totemuhle or "Death...

24 Loka 202037min

The King of No Mans Land

The King of No Mans Land

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look at the lives of two soldiers from New Zealand, whose exceptional acts of bravery on the Somme saw them awarded the Victoria Cross. The exploits of one of the...

11 Loka 202033min

Essex Farm: poetry, poison and poverty - a journey through a cemetery

Essex Farm: poetry, poison and poverty - a journey through a cemetery

Send us Fan Mail In our 5th episode, we have come back to Belgium and walk through Essex Farm cemetery near Ypres. It's a cemetery full of stories, including the division that withstood the first use...

5 Loka 202031min

The man with the donkey

The man with the donkey

Send us Fan Mail 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 T...

28 Syys 202030min

75 acres of hell - High Wood

75 acres of hell - High Wood

Send us Fan Mail 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. Describ...

20 Syys 202035min

An absolute waste of life - the battle of Neuve Chapelle

An absolute waste of life - the battle of Neuve Chapelle

Send us Fan Mail 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 ...

3 Syys 202031min

Oxford Road: tanks and cricket - a journey through a cemetery

Oxford Road: tanks and cricket - a journey through a cemetery

Send us Fan Mail 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 des...

22 Elo 202025min

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