Episode 98: From Playing Fields to Battlefields: Sportsmen in WWI
In this week’s episode we return to the frontlines to explore the fascinating and varied experiences of Professional Sportsmen in the Great War. From Wimbledon Champions to cycling legends, we take a ...
13 Okt 202555min
Episode 97: Forgotten Lessons: Why the BEF Wasn’t Ready for 1940
In this week’s episode, alongside guest historian Dr Rob Lyman, we will take a deep dive into the story of the British Army between 1918 and 1940, and the remarkable, and in many ways tragic decline w...
6 Okt 202548min
Episode 96: The French Army of Africa in WWI
In this episode night we follow a road that runs from the Sahara to the Somme, tracing the story of the French Army of Africa as it marched from the outposts of the empire and into the furnace of tren...
26 Sep 20251h
Episode 95: France’s Colonial Soldiers: Forgotten Stories of a Global Army
In this episode, we return to the story of the French Army and examined the history of France's colonial troops, how they were raised, what made them unique, and they're often overlooked experiences w...
22 Sep 202553min
Episode 94: The First Tank Attack in History: Flers–Courcelette, 15 September 1916
Dawn on the Somme, 15 September 1916. At 06:20, the whistles blew and men climbed from their trenches into the attack. But this morning, something else moved with them - steel monsters clanking forwar...
12 Sep 202556min
Episode 93: Tunnellers – The Battle Beneath Messines Ridge
In this episode we take a literally deep dive, beneath the Western Front to return to an olf favourite, the story of Mining in the Great war, but this time with a specific focus on perhaps the most im...
8 Sep 202552min
Episode 92: The Battle of the Memoirs: How WW1 Was Written (1918–39)
In this episode we explore how early histories of the First World War were shaped. We’re marching into the Official Histories and Britain’s “Battle of the Memoirs,” where footnotes became artillery, r...
1 Sep 202550min
Episode 91: Pigeons at War!
In this episode we take to the air once more, but this time on the trail of one of the unsung heroes of the great war - the carrier pigeon. Equally vital for communication on the frontlines, maintaini...
25 Aug 202549min
