Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Discussion on WW1 Aviation with Mike O’Neal
Recently I was invited to a Zoom discussion with some other WW1 enthusiasts to talk about what we can do to keep the memory of WW1 alive in these post-centenary times. At that talk was Mike O’Neal, a…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
“A Moonlight Massacre:” an Interview with Dr. Michael LoCicero
The established narrative of the Third Battle of Ypres identifies the end of the muddy and blood-soaked struggle in Flanders with the capture of the Passchendaele village ruins in November 1917. Howe…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Meuse Argonne - The Lost Battalion, Pt 3: Friendly Fire (featuring Robert J. Laplander)
Episode 73
Surrounded, with no food or medical supplies and dwindling ammunition, the American forces trapped in the Charlevaux Ravine face a new and unforeseen enemy: friendly fire.
The only book you need t…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Meuse Argonne - The Lost Battalion, Pt 2: The First Day (featuring Robert J. Laplander)
Episode 72
Having established a perimeter on a steep hillside in the Charlevaux Ravine, a force of some 700 men under US MAJ Charles Whittlesey digs in to await reinforcements and further orders.
Soon realiz…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Meuse Argonne - The Lost Battalion, Pt 1: Into the Charlevaux (featuring Robert J. Laplander)
Episode 71
On October 1st, 1918, fresh from being relieved from encirclement in the Small Pocket on l’Homme Mort, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 308th Infantry Regiment are ordered to attack into the Argonne…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
A WW1 Battle on American Soil? A Discussion on the “Creek Draft Rebellion” of 1918
Listener discretion advised: This episode contains some language, as well as racial terms and themes that are considered offensive. These terms and themes are being used here in the context of the Fi…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
The Centre for Experimental Military Archaeology (CEMA): The New Project by Andy Robertshaw and Ross Barnwell
Come join the conversation on the new Centre for Experimental Military Archaeology (CEMA) being developed by Mr. Andy Robertshaw and Mr. Ross Barnwell. This is a new project that promises to bring hi…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
A Review of Richard Merry’s Book “The Great War in the Argonne Forest: French and American Battles, 1914–1918”
A short review of Richard Merry’s new book, “The Great War in the Argonne Forest: French and American Battles, 1914–1918.”
Book link here:
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Great-War-in-the-Ar…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Champagne - Blanc Mont, Pt 4 (with thanks to Steven Girard)
Episode 70
The raw and untested AEF 36th Division relieves the bled-out AEF 2nd Division on Blanc Mont ridge. These Texas-Oklahoma Doughboys will continue to push past the bloody ridge to keep the pressure on t…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago