Farming the front

Farming the front

Send us a text During the course of the Great War, the problem of feeding the vast numbers of men and animals in the military was a constant source of concern for Army command. The Army contained many men whose background was in agriculture and the decision was made to turn 45000 acres of fertile French land into a central farm to supply food to the front. Run by the Army Agricultural Companies, the cultivation of land was a remarkable and very successful endeavor. We hear about ...

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Fromelles

Fromelles

Send us a text 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 ba...

13 Huhti 20251h 6min

We don't take umbrellas to war.

We don't take umbrellas to war.

Send us a text 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 of ...

23 Maalis 202555min

Neuve Chapelle

Neuve Chapelle

Send us a text 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 succe...

9 Maalis 20251h 8min

Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern

Send us a text 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 a...

23 Helmi 20251h 1min

Trench Talk - Chris Sams and the Battle of Jutland

Trench Talk - Chris Sams and the Battle of Jutland

Send us a text Welcome to the first Trench Talk of Season 7! It's a real pleasure to be joined by naval historian and writer Chris Sams as we talk about the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The long-awaite...

9 Helmi 20251h 3min

"I can't find the damned things!" -  Ploegsteert to Le Gheer

"I can't find the damned things!" - Ploegsteert to Le Gheer

Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of 2025! Today, we head to Belgium and walk a less-trodden route south of Plugstreet Wood towards the hamlet of Le Gheer. From the village of Ploegsteert,...

26 Tammi 20251h

Out of money and out of luck - life beyond the trenches

Out of money and out of luck - life beyond the trenches

Send us a text Welcome to the final episode of 2024! One of the great misnomers of WW1 is that soldiers spent all their time in the trenches fighting. Fighting battles took up a tiny amount of soldie...

31 Joulu 20241h 1min

Feeding Tommy

Feeding Tommy

Send us a text A famous saying asserts that an army marches on its stomach, and in this episode, we examine food and drink for men on the front line. The challenge of feeding an army was immense, a...

8 Joulu 202457min

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