Questions and Answers Episode 24

Posted on March 1, 2025 by oldfrontline

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”

Stephen Hunt
March 8, 2025

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.

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- oldfrontline
  March 13, 2025
  
  Well you can’t ever have too many books!
  
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Stephen Hunt
March 13, 2025

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

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