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Above the Battlefield: Royal Flying Corps & RAF in WW1
Season 8 Episode 28
For the start of our War in the Air Month, we begin with a look at the real story of the 'Twenty Minuters', the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Forc…
9 months, 1 week ago
Questions and Answers Episode 34
Season 8 Episode 27
For our latest questions submitted by podcast listeners, we examine what my first visit to the battlefields of the Great War with my school meant to …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Questions and Answers Episode 33
Season 8 Episode 26
Our latest questions from podcast listeners discuss what role German steel helmets, Stahlhelm, had on the First Day of the Somme, how did Great War v…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Return to the Somme
Season 8 Episode 25
As the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme approaches, we walk part of the battlefield across the iconic Mash Valley, visit Ovillers Military Ceme…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Questions and Answers Episode 32
Season 8 Episode 24
Our latest questions from listeners range from could Britain have stood back from conflict in 1914 and not been part of the Great War, how accurate w…
10 months ago
The MOD War Detectives
Season 8 Episode 23
In a Trench Chat special we speak to the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemorations team - otherwise known as 'The MOD War Detectives' - …
10 months, 1 week ago
Questions and Answers Episode 31
Season 8 Episode 22
Our listeners have a few intriguing questions: Is there still live ordnance in the moat at the Ypres Ramparts? What exactly was the role of Inland Wa…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Live from The Arras Memorial
Season 8 Episode 21
In this episode we travel to the Arras Memorial to the Missing, where we explore the powerful story of over 35,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Questions and Answers Episode 30
Season 8 Episode 20
In this episode we discuss the improvised gas masks used by British and Commonwealth soldiers in 1915, the advancement in medical treatment during th…
11 months ago
Forgotten Memoirs of the Great War Part 1
Season 8 Episode 19
In this episode we start a look at some of the Forgotten Memoirs of the First World War, starting with Percy Croney's 'Soldiers Luck' published in th…
11 months, 1 week ago