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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…
1 year, 2 months 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 …
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 3 months 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…
1 year, 3 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' - …
1 year, 3 months 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…
1 year, 3 months 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 …
1 year, 4 months 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…
1 year, 4 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…
1 year, 4 months ago