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Podcast Questions & Answers: Episode 1
Podcast Questions & Answers: Episode 1

Season 6 Episode 30

In the first of our new 'your questions answered' episodes we answer six questions sent in by listeners to the podcast covering subjects like how the…

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Despatches: A Weekend in Ypres
Despatches: A Weekend in Ypres

Season 6 Episode 29

We've just had the first ever Old Front Line Podcast Supporter's meet-up on the battlefields of Flanders near the Belgian city of Ypres. What was the…

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Beyond The Somme
Beyond The Somme

Season 6 Episode 28

The Great War on the Western Front was much more than Flanders and the Somme, and the experience of British and Commonwealth soldiers. When we travel…

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Four Years of the Old Front Line
Four Years of the Old Front Line

Season 6 Episode 27

On our fourth anniversary of launching The Old Front Line, I look back over the episodes and discuss how the podcast has helped shape and define how …

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Despatches: By Train to Ypres
Despatches: By Train to Ypres

Season 6 Episode 26

Railways were an essential part of the Great War, and the line which ran from Northern France to Poperinghe and Ypres became the route in and out of …

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Despatches: Fort de Loncin 1914
Despatches: Fort de Loncin 1914

Season 6 Episode 25

In August 1914 a force of more than 55,000 German soldiers descended on the Belgian city of Liege. Protected by a belt of steel and concrete forts, a…

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Exhibiting The Great War
Exhibiting The Great War

Season 6 Episode 24

We look at two exhibitions in two key institutions that connect us to the history of the Great War: the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres and Imperi…

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Despatches: Somme Trench Map
Despatches: Somme Trench Map

Season 6 Episode 23

In this latest episode of Despatches, we examine an original Trench Map from the Battle of the Somme in 1916, showing the battlefield around the vill…

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WW1 At Home: Shorncliffe Cemetery
WW1 At Home: Shorncliffe Cemetery

Season 6 Episode 22

Returning to the History of the First World War we find on our doorsteps, we visit Shorncliffe in Kent to record an episode onsite. Here during the G…

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Despatches: War Damage Postcards
Despatches: War Damage Postcards

Season 6 Episode 21

In this episode we look at so-called 'War Damage Postcards' published during the conflict and which depicts the smashed villages, towns and cities, a…

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