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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 …
1 year, 11 months ago
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 …
1 year, 11 months ago
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…
1 year, 11 months ago
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…
2 years ago
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…
2 years ago
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…
2 years ago
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…
2 years ago
Despatches: Wings Over Flanders
Season 6 Episode 20
In this latest Despatches we discuss the passing of author Martin Middlebrook, and look back to another Great War icon, perhaps lesser known, John Gi…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Dead Man's Penny
Season 6 Episode 19
While the Great War was still on the British Government decided to produce a Next of Kin Memorial Plaque for all those who had died while on service …
2 years, 1 month ago
Letters From The Trenches
Season 6 Episode 18
A staggering 12 million letters were going to and from the Western Front during the Great War. What was the history of the Royal Engineers Postal Sec…
2 years, 1 month ago