Questions and Answers Episode 24

This weeks subjects include how trenches in the First World War got their names, what happened to the pay of Missing soldiers and were men who were Prisoners of War paid at all, why did the Western Front stop at the Swiss border, and what happened to the soldiers and units positioned on the flanks of big attacks and operations?

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3 Comments on “Questions and Answers Episode 24


  1. As ever Paul, thanks for an excellent Q and A. Like you I’m not a fan of counterfactual history. Your comment about never having too many books raised a weary smile from my wife who was also listening.

  2. Try telling that to my wife, who ironically is a former librarian!

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