Somme - An Interview with Prof. William Philpott
Hey Folks, welcome to the Battles of the First World War Podcast. Today we will be conducted an interview with Professor William Philpott, who is Professor of the History of Warfare in the Department ...
23 Jul 201639min
Somme - The Stahlhelm, the Casque Adrian, and the Tin Hat Pt. 2
In this second part of The Stahlhelm, the Casque Adrian, and the Tin Hat, we take a look at the British soldiers preparing themselves for the Battle of the Somme. The British Expeditionary Force of 19...
21 Jul 201636min
Somme - The Stahlhelm, the Casque Adrian, and the Tin Hat Pt. 1
On June 24th, 1916, the Allied bombardment of the German trench lines at the Somme began. 3,000 guns pounded away at the enemy. The bombardment was so loud it could London. As the shells rain down w...
12 Jul 201630min
Somme - Separate Armies, Different Plans
The Germans attack at Verdun and wreak havoc on the Franco-British plans for the Somme offensive. As the Mill on the Meuse pulls ever more French soldiers into the fire, the British Expeditionary Forc...
18 Jun 201637min
Somme - Allied Strategy
1915 saw none of the major offensives that rocked the rest of the Western Front, but it was not a quiet sector of the line. Despite the French and Germans having a "live-and-let-live" policy that didn...
12 Jun 201647min
Somme - War Comes to the Somme
In the opening months of World War One war came to the Somme departement of France as the Allies and the Germans sought to outflank each other during the "Race to the Sea." The hasty trench lines scra...
3 Jun 201647min
Introduction to the Battles of the First World War Podcast
The Battles of the First World War Podcast is a new podcast that looks to go in-depth into the battles of the Great War of 1914-1918. The goal is to really go into the details of how and why these bat...
31 Mai 201612min
