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Ypres: The Immortal Salient
Season 5 Episode 6
In this episode we look at the four years of the Great War in Flanders and the battles around the city of Ypres, in what became known as the 'Immorta…
2 years, 10 months ago
Trench Chat: Reclaiming The Salient with Roger Steward
Season 5 Episode 5
In this Trench Chat, we are joined by Roger Steward who works as a Battlefield Guide in Flanders, and is the author of an excellent book on Langemarc…
2 years, 11 months ago
Birds on the Western Front
Season 5 Episode 4
In this episode, we look at the birds which flew above and lived across the battlefields of the Western Front during the First World War, and what th…
2 years, 11 months ago
WW1 Battlefield Pilgrimages: Trench Chat with Professor Mark Connelly
Season 5 Episode 3
In a Trench Chat special we are joined by Professor Mark Connelly of the University of Kent to discuss the post-war Pilgrimages to the Great War Batt…
2 years, 11 months ago
Doughboys in Flanders
Season 5 Episode 2
In this episode we look at the men of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) who fought in Flanders, from Ypres to the Scheldt River, in 1918. What w…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Art of War
Season 5 Episode 1
What can War Art and the work of Official War Artists tell us about the experience of the Great War and the landscape of the Western Front? We examin…
3 years ago
Winter on the Somme
Season 4 Episode 21
We look at three winters on the Somme front: from 1914 to 1916. We discuss Christmas Truces involving the French and Germans, and later when the Brit…
3 years ago
Gallipoli: The Farm
Season 4 Episode 20
Who was Harry Moseley? In this episode we ask: can one man's life be more important than another? Our journey takes us from the Helles Memorial, and …
3 years ago
Five Little-Known WW1 Memorials
Season 4 Episode 19
In this episode we explore five little-known memorials along the Western Front battlefields in France and Flanders, looking at how different nations …
3 years, 1 month ago
How I Wrote my WW1 Battlefield Walking Books
Season 4 Episode 18
This weekend marks History Writers Day, a new venture from Simon at History Book Chat on Twitter. As part of my contribution to the event, in this ep…
3 years, 1 month ago