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Back to SearchMeuse 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…
4 years, 8 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 Infant…
4 years, 9 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 t…
4 years, 9 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 Barnwel…
4 years, 10 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:
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5 years, 1 month 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 pu…
5 years, 2 months ago
Champagne - Blanc Mont, Pt 3 (featuring Steven Girard)
Episode 69
Having seized part of Blanc Mont and ground beyond, the Marines and Doughboys of the 2nd Division AEF sought to continue to push back the ruptured Ge…
5 years, 2 months ago
Champagne - Blanc Mont, Pt 2 (featuring Steven Girard)
Episode 68
On October 3rd, 1918, the Doughboys and Marines of the 2nd Division, AEF, hurled themselves against a hitherto impregnable German fortress: Blanc Mon…
5 years, 4 months ago
Champagne - Blanc Mont, Pt 1 (featuring Steven Girard)
Episode 67
In September 1918, the French 4th Army requested American assistance with clearing the Champagne battlefield of German forces. The American Expeditio…
5 years, 5 months ago
WW1 History, Battlefield Tours, and Blanc Mont Ridge: A Conversation with Steven Girard
In this episode we have a great and in-depth talk with Steven Girard, a veteran, an archivist/historian of the 4th (Marine) Brigade 2nd Division AEF,…
5 years, 6 months ago