The Old Front Line is a WW1 podcast
with Military Historian Paul Reed.
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Join us on the Somme battlefields as we explore the remarkable story of Hawthorn Ridge Crater, one of the most iconic and historically significant sites of the First World War. In this episode of The Old Front Line, we are joined by Terry Berry and Rick Smith of the Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association, the dedicated…
In this week’s Question and Answer Episode we look at: why did German intelligence understand so much about the coming Battle of the Somme, yet the Allies were caught so badly off guard by the German Spring Offensive of 1918? We also examine the changing role of cavalry after the war of movement ended in…
As the Battle of the Somme entered its final, bitter weeks, fighting continued across the ground between Thiepval, Grandcourt and Courcelette. In this episode of The Old Front Line, we explore the October and November 1916 battles as autumn turned to winter and the Somme battlefield became a landscape of mud, rain and continuous shell…
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Join us on the Somme battlefields as we explore the remarkable story of Hawthorn Ridge Crater, one of the most iconic and historically significant sites of the First World War. In this episode of The Old Front Line, we are joined by Terry Berry…
In this week’s Question and Answer Episode we look at: why did German intelligence understand so much about the coming Battle of the Somme, yet the Allies were caught so badly off guard by the German Spring Offensive of 1918? We also examine the…
As the Battle of the Somme entered its final, bitter weeks, fighting continued across the ground between Thiepval, Grandcourt and Courcelette. In this episode of The Old Front Line, we explore the October and November 1916 battles as autumn turned to winter and the…
