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 of 1914 saw torrential rain and temperatures drop to -10 in France, and the autumn of 1917 in Flanders saw four months' worth of rainfall in just 33 days. London's Met Office offered to help at the outbreak of war, but a terse telegram from GHQ rebuffed this offer. However, t...

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Episoder(196)

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 Jul 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 Jun 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Apr 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 Mar 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 Mar 54min

What really happened? Episode 1: The Unknown Warrior

What really happened? Episode 1: The Unknown Warrior

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest podcast! In the first of a new themed series, we take a deep dive into some of the great questions of the First World War. Each episode is carefully researched, ...

15 Feb 55min

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