Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: QnA Episode
Are We Forgetting The First World War?
Is the First World War slowly fading from public memory, or has our relationship with the Great War simply changed? In this episode, Are We Forgetting The First World War?, we explore how interest in WW1 has grown, shifted, and adapted over the last forty… Continue Reading “Are We Forgetting The First World War?”
Questions and Answers Episode 43
In this episode of The Old Front Line, we explore how individual lives and institutions reveal the human realities of the First World War. We begin by asking why only three officers were Shot at Dawn during the war, and what this striking disparity tells us about… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 43”
Questions and Answers Episode 42
In this episode, we delve into a lesser-known but essential aspect of First World War life: the use and organisation of latrines on the battlefield. Where did soldiers actually go to the toilet, how were these facilities constructed, and did men really need permission to use them?… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 42”
Questions and Answers Episode 41
In this episode, we unpack the meaning and origins of the term Downland, and explore how this distinctive landscape helps us better understand the geography and terrain of the First World War. We take a closer look at the Lewis Machine Gun, examining how it worked, how… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 41”
Questions and Answers Episode 40
In this 40th Questions and Answers episode, we explore some of the lesser-known battlefields of the Western Front, uncovering places where traces of the First World War fighting can still be seen today.We examine what really happened to trenches after they were captured in battle, discuss whether WW1 historians face a new… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 40”
Questions and Answers Episode 39
In this episode we ask what is the current size of the ‘Zone Rouge’ and are there plans to clear it? We then look at the use of morphine to treat pain and was this misused? We then look at when Steel Helmets were… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 39”
Questions and Answers Episode 38
In this latest QnA episode, we tackle a fresh set of listener questions about the First World War, ranging from battlefield geography to the realities of supply and discipline at the front. We start with how hills and features were numbered along the front line—was there… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 38”
Questions and Answers Episode 37
In this WW1 Q&A episode, we explore the lives and social backgrounds of British Army officers, ask whether First World War veterans hated their German enemies, and share the remarkable stories of soldiers who were discharged but re-enlisted to fight again. We also look at how people living on… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 37”
Questions and Answers Episode 36
In our first QnA Episode for Season 9 we look at what happened to the German forces when the guns went silent on 11th November 1918, discuss the use of poison gas and it’s legacy on the battlefields today, examine if British and German… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 36”
Questions & Answers: RFC/RAF Special
In this special and extended QnA Episode we look at Parachutes in the Air Services in WW1, the Ground Crew who kept the planes in the air, what are the best RFC/RAF memoirs of WW1, how the filming of the Red Baron’s funeral was… Continue Reading “Questions & Answers: RFC/RAF Special”
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