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Back to SearchLast Digger Action: Montbrehain 1918
Season 2 Episode 17
In the quiet village of Montbrehain in Northern France, Australians who had fought at Gallipoli, and in some of the key battles on the Western Front,…
5 years ago
1914: The Princess & The Christmas Box
Season 2 Episode 16
In this Trench Chat Special, we speak to Professor Peter Doyle about his upcoming book on the story of an iconic Great War artifact, the Princess Mar…
5 years ago
Flanders: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Season 2 Episode 15
Located just off the main road on a route into Flanders, and sheltered by tall trees, this is Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. It was once one of the …
5 years ago
Walking Arras: Bullecourt
Season 2 Episode 14
In this episode, we follow the Australians - the ANZACs - and men from the West Riding of Yorkshire who fought around the sleepy village of Bullecour…
5 years ago
Ypres: Hill 60
Season 2 Episode 13
Once the haunt of lovers, these gentle slopes on a Flanders landscape became Hill 60 to the British Tommy - one of the most infamous locations on the…
5 years ago
The Champagne Battlefields
Season 2 Episode 12
In this episode, we have an introduction to the battlefields east of Reims in the vast open fields of the Champagne. We discover a surprisingly diver…
5 years, 1 month ago
Ypres: The Menin Gate
Season 2 Episode 11
Back in the city of Ypres in Flanders, in this episode we follow the walls, the old Ramparts, seeing British bunkers, visit the Ramparts Cemetery, di…
5 years, 1 month ago
Forgotten Front: The Footballers of Loos
Season 2 Episode 10
Was this the 'greatest game'? On 25th September 1915, men of the London Irish Football Club kicked a ball into battle signalling the start of the Bat…
5 years, 1 month ago
Trench Chat: War Cemeteries & Landscape with Dr Tim Godden
Season 1 Episode 9
In this latest Trench Chat we are joined by military historian Dr Tim Godden to discuss his research on the Junior Architects of the Imperial War Mus…
5 years, 1 month ago
Somme: Courcelette to Regina Trench
Season 2 Episode 8
In this 50th Episode of the podcast, we return to home ground - the village of Courcelette on the Somme. We walk the Canadian attack route in the att…
5 years, 2 months ago