Delville Wood - the slaughter of the Springboks
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we walk the battlefield of Delville Wood, the scene of the first engagement of the South African Infantry on the Western Front. In a period of six days, they suffere...
4 Nov 202031min
The day the world turned green
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we walk the battlefield of the first German gas attack in April 1915. We begin by surveying the battlefield from a German observation post at the Totemuhle or "Death...
24 Okt 202037min
The King of No Mans Land
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look at the lives of two soldiers from New Zealand, whose exceptional acts of bravery on the Somme saw them awarded the Victoria Cross. The exploits of one of the...
11 Okt 202033min
Essex Farm: poetry, poison and poverty - a journey through a cemetery
Send us Fan Mail In our 5th episode, we have come back to Belgium and walk through Essex Farm cemetery near Ypres. It's a cemetery full of stories, including the division that withstood the first use...
5 Okt 202031min
The man with the donkey
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we take our first trip to the Gallipoli peninsula where we hear about an unlikely hero whose exploits have entered into Australian folklore. The immigrant son of a T...
28 Sep 202030min
75 acres of hell - High Wood
Send us Fan Mail For a period of two months between July and September 1916, the British and Germans fought bitterly for control of High Wood, which dominated the Bazentin ridge on the Somme. Describ...
20 Sep 202035min
An absolute waste of life - the battle of Neuve Chapelle
Send us Fan Mail In this second episode, we head into France and look at the first British offensive of the Great War, the battle of Neuve Chapelle. A story of initial success, tempered by a lack of ...
3 Sep 202031min
Oxford Road: tanks and cricket - a journey through a cemetery
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode, we visit Oxford Road cemetery near Ypres and hear about Clement Robinson, the first man from the tank corps to be awarded the VC and a man whose passing was des...
22 Aug 202025min
