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Back to SearchYpres: Hell Fire Corner
Season 1 Episode 7
Along the old Roman Road between Ypres and Menin was a road junction that became the main route to the front line: this was Hell Fire Corner, the mos…
5 years, 2 months ago
Somme: Ginchy to LesBoeufs
Season 2 Episode 6
We return to Picardy, for a walk across the 'Forgotten Somme': those places less visited on these battlefields of 1916, and see the villages of Ginch…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Vimy Memorial
Season 2 Episode 5
In this episode, we travel to Vimy Ridge in Northern France, taken by Canadian soldiers in April 1917. We walk from a series of preserved trenches an…
5 years, 2 months ago
Trench Chat: Battlefield Tourism & Landscape with Amy Harrison
Season 1 Episode 4
In this episode, we are joined by Military Historian Amy Harrison to discuss her work as a Commonwealth War Graves Commission Intern, and her researc…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Film 1917 Uncovered
Season 2 Episode 3
In this episode we take a detailed look at the film 1917, examining how it represents this period of the First World War, how it depicts the landscap…
5 years, 3 months ago
Walking Cambrai: Havrincourt
Season 2 Episode 2
Cambrai in November 1917 witnessed the first mass use of British Tanks in the Great War as battalions of the Tank Corps supported the infantry. On th…
5 years, 3 months ago
Walking The Somme: Authuille to Thiepval
Season 2 Episode 1
In the shadow of Lutyens' mighty Thiepval Memorial, we visit the graves of British soldiers in the picturesque Authuille Military Cemetery, discover …
5 years, 3 months ago
Peace in No Man's Land: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Season 1 Episode 42
On a cold winter's day in December 1914, the men of both sides emerged from their trenches. Not to fight, but to take part in the Christmas Truce. Fo…
5 years, 4 months ago
Walking Ypres: Polygon Wood
Season 1 Episode 41
Amidst the dark trees of Polygon Wood near Ypres, bunkers and old shell craters tell the story of the Great War in Flanders. This week we walk the ce…
5 years, 4 months ago
Trench Chat: Remembrance in France with Mathilde Bernardet
Season 1 Episode 40
In this latest Trench Chat, we are joined by military historian Mathilde Bernardet who works at the Memorial 14-18 Museum near Lens in Northern Franc…
5 years, 4 months ago