Beyond the front - Epehy

Beyond the front - Epehy

Send a text In today's podcast we visit one of the forgotten battlefields of the Great War, the tiny farming village of Epehy. While small in size, it proved a formidable obstacle to be captured as the Allies advanced towards the Hindenburg Line. We look at the origins of the Hindenburg Line and the fighting for villages and copses that the British had to undertake in order to get near to this masterpiece of German military engineering. We hear about new British tactics involving...

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Trench talk - Peter Doyle and the Princess Mary Christmas Box

Trench talk - Peter Doyle and the Princess Mary Christmas Box

Send a text Welcome to our Christmas episode of Footsteps of the Fallen! In this special Trench Talk I'm joined by Professor Peter Doyle who tells us all about the history behind one of the most icon...

24 Des 20231h 22min

Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery

Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery

Send a text In our latest podcast, we travel to Dud Corner Cemetery and the Loos Memorial in Artois to discover the stories of some of the men who lie here. The podcast begins with an overview of the...

17 Des 20231h 16min

Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons

Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons

Send a text The discovery of a huge collection of letters, postcards and writings of his great-great-grandfather has taken Alex on a fascinating journey through the wartime experiences of his ancestor...

10 Des 20231h 5min

The end of the line

The end of the line

Send a text In our latest podcast, we visit the end of the Western Front and take a whistlestop tour around the Lys battlefield near the North Sea coast of Belgium. We look at the military actions th...

26 Nov 20231h 4min

The Foresters of Flanders

The Foresters of Flanders

Send a text During the Great War the demand for timber for the front line exceeded at one stage 50,000 tonnes a month. But where on earth could this amount of timber be sourced and who would be capab...

19 Nov 20231h 5min

Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres

Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres

Send a text In today's episode, we travel the Ypres salient from Boesinghe to Ypres and visit some of the many cemeteries and memorials that dot this part of the battlefield. We begin at the Ziegler...

12 Nov 20231h 3min

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 ...

29 Okt 20231h 3min

Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery

Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery

Send a text In today's episode, we visit the communal cemetery and extension at Mazengarbe on the Loos battlefield and discover the stories of some of the men who lie buried within. We begin by remin...

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