The most dangerous man I ever knew.

The most dangerous man I ever knew.

Send a text Our latest podcast begins at the Guards Grave in the Retz Forest near the village of Villers Cotteret on the Aisne battlefield. It contains the graves of 98 men of the Guards Brigade who fought one of the most remarkable rear-guard actions of the Great War near this spot on the 1st of September 1914. We meet the eccentric and dangerous-to-know Irish Guards officer Lt Aubrey Herbert. A loose cannon with a volcanic temper, Herbert was almost blind, but despite th...

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The gardeners of Salonika

The gardeners of Salonika

Send a text The disease-ridden and inhospitable landscape of Salonika is one of the forgotten campaigns of WW1. For almost three years soldiers from all over the world fought against each other in i...

29 Elo 202145min

Miracle on the Marne

Miracle on the Marne

Send a text For a period of 8 days in early September 1914, the situation for the Allies was precarious. The Germans were just two days march from the French capital, and the situation looked desperat...

22 Elo 202149min

The corpse collectors

The corpse collectors

Send a text The "Cold Meat Specialist" or Regimental Burial Officer was a vital cog in the military machine responsible for coordinating the retrieval and burial of the dead and ensuring that their gr...

15 Elo 202153min

Guillemont - the worst place I fought at in four years of war

Guillemont - the worst place I fought at in four years of war

Send a text For a period of six weeks in the summer of 1916, the British and Germans battled for control of the small but strategically important village of Guillemont.. The capture of the village wa...

8 Elo 202151min

Jacka's Mob

Jacka's Mob

Send a text The 14th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces was known as "Jacka's Mob" after their officer, the profane, insubordinate, and much-loved larrikin Albert Jacka, a dairy farmer's son...

1 Elo 202140min

Wishing you goodbye - the mystery VC

Wishing you goodbye - the mystery VC

Send a text In the dark waters of the Atlantic, the German U-Boat fleet was taking a monstrous toll on Allied merchant shipping, to the extent that Admiral Jellicoe feared Britain would cease to exist...

25 Heinä 202143min

Monchy le Preux - the ten brave men

Monchy le Preux - the ten brave men

Send a text On the afternoon of the 14th April 1917 men of the 1st Essex and the Newfoundland Regiment were given the unenviable task of attacking and holding Infantry Hill, just to the east of the sm...

18 Heinä 202134min

The Kitchener conspiracy

The Kitchener conspiracy

Send a text 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...

11 Heinä 202147min

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