For God and for France! The battle of Touvent Farm

For God and for France! The battle of Touvent Farm

Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at the fighting around Touvent Farm, a critical strong point on what was to become the Somme battlefields. For seven days in June 1915, French infantry fought hand-to-hand with fanatical German defenders to capture this important strongpoint. We begin by looking at the French army and its evolution during the Great War. Consisting largely of conscripted men, over 8 million were called into service. We look at their weapons and how their ...

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Trench Talk - Jeremy Banning

Trench Talk - Jeremy Banning

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest podcast! It's a real pleasure to be joined by military historian, researcher and cycling battlefield guide, Jeremy Banning. In our wide-ranging discussion, we ta...

6 Sep 1h 8min

Megiddo - Allenby's masterpiece battle

Megiddo - Allenby's masterpiece battle

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode! Today we travel to the Middle East and hear about the Battle of Megiddo, a little-known but stunning Allied success in September 1918. Meticulously pla...

9 Aug 59min

High Wood

High Wood

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode. Today, we visit the battlefield at High Wood, one of the deadliest killing grounds of the Great War. Over 8000 men died in the three months of fighting...

5 Juli 56min

Beaumont Hamel

Beaumont Hamel

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode, we visit one of the must-see locations on the Somme, the Newfoundland Park at Beaumont Hamel. We hear the story of the fighting, discover what went so wrong ...

21 Juni 56min

The Battle of the Frontiers

The Battle of the Frontiers

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode, in which we look at the opening salvos of the Great War, the so-called Battle of the Frontiers, in which the French suffered the greatest single-day los...

31 Maj 59min

The Battle of Dogger Bank

The Battle of Dogger Bank

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest podcast. In this episode, we begin by mulling over what it means to be English, and look at two of those bastions of Englishness - Test Match Special and the Sh...

9 Maj 57min

We seem to have destroyed the village.....Achicourt 1917

We seem to have destroyed the village.....Achicourt 1917

Send us Fan Mail On the afternoon of the 8th April 1917, a German plane flew over the small village of Achicourt near Arras, where preparations were underway for an attack to be made by the 56th Divis...

14 Apr 55min

Not a bit of cover to be seen - the Battle of Aubers

Not a bit of cover to be seen - the Battle of Aubers

Send us Fan Mail In our latest podcast, we present an overview of the Battle of Aubers, which was delivered to the Great War Group earlier in March. What was supposed to be a gentle stroll across th...

23 Mars 56min

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