Fromelles
Send 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 battl...
13 Apr 20251h 6min
We don't take umbrellas to war.
Send 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 191...
23 Mar 202555min
Neuve Chapelle
Send 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 successe...
9 Mar 20251h 8min
Hohenzollern
Send 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 at L...
23 Feb 20251h 1min
Trench Talk - Chris Sams and the Battle of Jutland
Send 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-awaited s...
9 Feb 20251h 3min
"I can't find the damned things!" - Ploegsteert to Le Gheer
Send 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, we...
26 Jan 20251h
Out of money and out of luck - life beyond the trenches
Send 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 soldiers'...
31 Des 20241h 1min
Feeding Tommy
Send 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, and ...
8 Des 202457min
