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WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Battlefield Vlog: Flamethrowers at Hooge
We walk the battlefields near Ypres, from Hooge on the Menin Road down to the site of Zouave Wood. Here on 30 July 1915 the Germans used flamethrowers against British troops for the first time, and we take a look at this devastating weapon and how it was implemented in the trenches of the Western Front.
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Excellent Vlog Paul with some graphic descriptions of the first use of flamethrowers. What was the headgear in the early image? It doesn’t look like a stahlhelm. Did the operators get extra pay?
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Another great Vlog.
It a myth or did soldiers try and puntucre the flamethrower tanks to kill the operators?
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a punchy account of the use of flame throwers- thank you
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Thanks, more videos coming soon! And plenty more on the Channel.
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