The fields of fire - Hooge 1915

The fields of fire - Hooge 1915

Send us Fan Mail Our podcast today takes us back to the fields around Hooge near Ypres where once stood Zouave Wood. On the 30th July 1915, the Germans attacked men of the 8th Rifle Brigade and 7th Kings Royal Rifle Corps with a terrifying new weapon of war - the flammenwerfen -or flame thrower. What followed was one of the disasters of military planning where senior command's refusal to listen to men on the ground caused the deaths of hundreds of soldiers in an attack that was fa...

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Bois Grenier

Bois Grenier

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of Season 8! Today, we travel to the forgotten front and the village of Bois Grenier. The fields in this sleepy corner of agricultural France contain doze...

6 Heinä 20251h 6min

Faithful unto death - the story of the Chinese Labour Corps

Faithful unto death - the story of the Chinese Labour Corps

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the final episode of Season 7! In today's episode, we look at the little-studied role played by the Chinese Labour Corps during the Great War. Over 90,000 Chinese labourers...

1 Kesä 202559min

In the shadow of the Springboks - Delville Wood to Courcelette

In the shadow of the Springboks - Delville Wood to Courcelette

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 7! Today we are on the Somme and walk the battlefield from Delville Wood to Courcelette via High Wood and Martinpuich. We begin we looking...

18 Touko 20251h 8min

The Brickstacks

The Brickstacks

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode! Today, we walk the canal at Cuinchy, one of the forgotten battlefields of the Great War. Cuinchy was the site of the infamous brickstacks and the scene...

27 Huhti 20251h 3min

Fromelles

Fromelles

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this latest episode in which we walk the battlefield of Fromelles. On the evening of the 19th July 1916, men of the newly arrived Australian 5th Division were thrown into ...

13 Huhti 20251h 6min

We don't take umbrellas to war.

We don't take umbrellas to war.

Send us Fan Mail The weather played its part in the Great War, perhaps in more ways than first imagined. The Great War lasted over 1500 days, and over 600 saw rain on the Western Front. The winter o...

23 Maalis 202555min

Neuve Chapelle

Neuve Chapelle

Send us Fan Mail On the 110th anniversary, we travel to France and walk around the battlefield of the first major offensive launched by the British on the Western Front at Neuve Chappelle. Initial suc...

9 Maalis 20251h 8min

Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast. Today, we walk the battlefield around the area of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, the formidable German strongpoint located on the battlefield...

23 Helmi 20251h 1min

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