Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Questions and Answers Episode 22
In our latest round-up of Questions and Answers we look at Memorials to non-white soldiers on the Western Front, whether ‘battle bars’ were ever planned for WW1 British and Commonwealth campaign medals, the award of the ‘Blue Max’ to German soldiers, and were ordinary soldiers told about the explosion of huge mines like the one under Hawthorn Ridge on the Somme.
Reading List:
Kevin Brazier – The Complete Blue Max: A Chronological Record of the Holders of the Pour le Mérite
Erwin Rommel – Infantry Attacks
Ernest Jünger – Storm of Steel
Christina Holstein – Walking Verdun
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5 Comments on “Questions and Answers Episode 22”
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Thanks for an excellent Q and A and your Ernst Junger story. Very bad luck that you didn’t get to see him. I too would have been upset if I were in your shoes.
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Yes, it just wasn’t to be!
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It will always be a pleasure to talk to the OFL and it’s listeners. You’ve been and continue to be, great supporters of the HRCA.
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Thanks, Rick!
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Thanks for another fascinating Q and A Paul. I was surprised to hear that our black troops were generally not used in a combat role on the Western Front, unlike the French, who used their Senegalese troops.
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