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Flamethrowers in WW1: The Weapon That Shocked the Trenches
Episode 112
In 1915, the German army began using a terrible new weapon in organized assaults. The flamethrower capable of clearing a trench in seconds, few weapo…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How Grenades Took Over the Trenches in WW1
Episode 111
In the early months of the Great War, a hand grenade was almost an anachronism — a relic of fortress warfare associated with seventeenth-century “gre…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Season Soldiers Feared Most: Winter in the Trenches
Episode 110
In this ‘seasonal’ episode,and one with particularly close links to current world events, we explore the story of winter life in the trenches. From …
5 months ago
Prostitution & VD on the Western Front
Episode 109
Join us in 2026: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-tour-2026 In this week’s episode we delve into the often overlooked and murky world of prostitution i…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Somme: “Walk Into Machine Guns” on 1 July 1916?
Episode 108
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In this week’s episode we head to the Somme battlefields to explore a battle that even today…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Myths of the Ypres Salient
Episode 107
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In this week’s episode we head to the Ypres Salients to explore an area that even t…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Evolution of Sniping in WW1
Episode 106
In this week’s episode we continue our look into the vital role of Snipers on the Western Front. From informal and disorganised beginnings, we explor…
6 months ago
The Rise of the Snipers in WW1: The War Within a War
Episode 105
In this week’s episode we begin a multi-part journey into the secretive and highly dangerous world of sniping in the Great War. From its ad-hoc early…
6 months, 1 week ago
Trench Fever, Rats & Latrines: The Hidden Battle for Hygiene in WW1
In today’s episode, we discuss sanitation in the trenches: Why the trenches were so filthy, what that did to soldiers’ bodies and minds, and how armi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
African Americans in WWI
Episode 103
Today we’re looking at African Americans at war in 1917-18 - nearly 400,000 thousand men in uniform, most assigned to hard, essential labor, a smalle…
6 months, 3 weeks ago