SPECIAL: Walking Ypres with guidl
Join Mat McLachlan to hear all about guidl, a new audio tour app that he is contributing to. guidl takes you on walking tours to the world's most historic sites, narrated by leading historians. Mat's ...
12 Sep 20248min
Ep229: Laugh or Fly - This is the End, 1918
The war is drawing to a close, but men are still dying. How will it all end for the RFC? Pete and Gary continue the stories of the men of the Royal Flying Corps, based on their new book, Laugh or Fly....
11 Sep 202445min
Ep228: Laugh or Fly - Bombs Away! 1917/18
We think of the air war during the First World War as mostly about fighters and dogfights. But as the war progressed, the opportunities for aerial bombardment steadily increased. By 1917 bombing was a...
5 Sep 202449min
Ep227: Laugh or Fly - 1918: Could it Get Any Worse?
By early-1918 the strategic situation of the Great War had shifted dramatically. New partners were joining the fight, and old Allies were dropping out. And on the ground the pressure was mounting, as ...
28 Aug 202449min
Ep226: Laugh or Fly - Ypres of Trouble, 1917
Following the bitter campaign during the Battle of Arras, the British switch their attention north, to the Ypres sector. This change presents a new set of challenges for the airmen of the RFC and thei...
21 Aug 202449min
Ep225: Laugh or Fly - Up the Arras, 1917!
The men of the RFC are still battling hard, as the focus shifts from the Somme to Arras in 1917. Can they survive a resurgent German air campaign? Pete and Gary continue the stories of the men of the ...
14 Aug 202452min
BONUS: Walking Gallipoli with Pete!
Mat McLachlan and Peter Hart are going to Gallipoli! In this special episode of the podcast, the two historians and chums discuss their upcoming tour in May 2025, which will discover the battlefields ...
14 Aug 202433min
Ep224: Laugh or Fly - Success on the Somme, 1916
Fighting during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 wasn't just taking place on the ground. There was also a bitter aerial war taking place in the skies above the trenches. Pete and Gary continue the stor...
7 Aug 202453min
