Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: QnA Episode
Questions and Answers Episode 63
In this latest Old Front Line Q&A, we answer four more listener questions exploring the history, technology and experience of the First World War on the Western Front. How valuable were captured guns, ammunition and horses during the Battle of the Somme? Did British… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 63”
Questions and Answers Episode 62
In this week’s Question and Answer Episode we look at: why did German intelligence understand so much about the coming Battle of the Somme, yet the Allies were caught so badly off guard by the German Spring Offensive of 1918? We also examine the… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 62”
Questions and Answers Episode 61
In this Old Front Line Q&A, we explore four fascinating questions from the First World War, taking us from the Ypres Salient to German-occupied France and Belgium, and from wartime prisoners to the fate of battlefield cemeteries during the Second World War. We begin… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 61”
Questions and Answers Episode 60
In this episode of The Old Front Line Podcast, we answer another fascinating selection of listener questions that explore the realities of life, death, remembrance and battlefield tactics on the Western Front during the First World War. How much safer were soldiers when they… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 60”
Questions and Answers Episode 59
In this latest Old Front Line Q&A, we tackle four fascinating questions that take us from the opening moments of the Battle of the Somme to the long legacy of the Western Front landscape. We begin at Hawthorn Ridge on 1 July 1916 and… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 59”
Questions and Answers Episode 58
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast, we answer another fascinating collection of listener questions that explore the people, places and practical realities of the First World War. We begin by asking why visitors can walk, play and live on some historic battlefields,… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 58”
Questions and Answers Episode 57
In this Questions and Answers episode we head beneath the battlefields to explore the hidden world of First World War dugouts and bunkers, asking whether the Ypres Salient saw more extensive underground construction than the Somme, and how geology shaped the way British, German, Australian and other armies… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 57”
Questions and Answers Episode 56
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast, we answer another fascinating selection of listener questions covering some of the most intriguing aspects of the First World War. We begin by exploring the formidable German concrete fortifications of the Somme, including the infamous… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 56”
Questions and Answers Episode 55
In this latest Questions & Answers episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we tackle another fascinating collection of listener questions that uncover some of the lesser-known aspects of the First World War. We begin by exploring the German tradition of Sterbebilder or Death Cards, the… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 55”
Questions and Answers Episode 54
For this episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we open the virtual mailbag once again for another Questions & Answers special covering some fascinating and lesser-known aspects of the First World War. From observation balloons hanging silently over the trenches to trench foot,… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 54”
