A bloody great hole in the ground - La Boiselle

A bloody great hole in the ground - La Boiselle

Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode we visit the tiny Somme hamlet of La Boiselle and look at the action which led up to the creation of the massive Lochnagar Crater, which stands on the site to this day as a memorial to the men who died in combat on the first day of the Somme. The men of Tyneside paid a heavy toll at the hands of German machine gunners, and we look at how German intelligence intercepts rendered any element of surprise obsolete. We hear about the three Victoria Cros...

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Megiddo - Allenby's masterpiece battle

Megiddo - Allenby's masterpiece battle

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode! Today we travel to the Middle East and hear about the Battle of Megiddo, a little-known but stunning Allied success in September 1918. Meticulously pla...

9 Elo 59min

High Wood

High Wood

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode. Today, we visit the battlefield at High Wood, one of the deadliest killing grounds of the Great War. Over 8000 men died in the three months of fighting...

5 Heinä 56min

Beaumont Hamel

Beaumont Hamel

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode, we visit one of the must-see locations on the Somme, the Newfoundland Park at Beaumont Hamel. We hear the story of the fighting, discover what went so wrong ...

21 Kesä 56min

The Battle of the Frontiers

The Battle of the Frontiers

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode, in which we look at the opening salvos of the Great War, the so-called Battle of the Frontiers, in which the French suffered the greatest single-day los...

31 Touko 59min

The Battle of Dogger Bank

The Battle of Dogger Bank

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest podcast. In this episode, we begin by mulling over what it means to be English, and look at two of those bastions of Englishness - Test Match Special and the Sh...

9 Touko 57min

We seem to have destroyed the village.....Achicourt 1917

We seem to have destroyed the village.....Achicourt 1917

Send us Fan Mail On the afternoon of the 8th April 1917, a German plane flew over the small village of Achicourt near Arras, where preparations were underway for an attack to be made by the 56th Divis...

14 Huhti 55min

Not a bit of cover to be seen - the Battle of Aubers

Not a bit of cover to be seen - the Battle of Aubers

Send us Fan Mail In our latest podcast, we present an overview of the Battle of Aubers, which was delivered to the Great War Group earlier in March. What was supposed to be a gentle stroll across th...

23 Maalis 56min

The Balloonatics

The Balloonatics

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest podcast! In today's episode, we look at the work and perils of the Balloon Corps. Vital for observation and artillery support, balloon work was one of the most ...

1 Maalis 54min

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