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WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: QnA Episode
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”
Questions and Answers Episode 34
For our latest questions submitted by podcast listeners, we examine what my first visit to the battlefields of the Great War with my school meant to me, ask what the Wiltshire Regiment did in the First World War, what sources in English can we… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 34”
Questions and Answers Episode 33
Our latest questions from podcast listeners discuss what role German steel helmets, Stahlhelm, had on the First Day of the Somme, how did Great War veterans feel about WW2, how were women who fell pregnant from British soldiers treated during the conflict, and when… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 33”
Questions and Answers Episode 32
Our latest questions from listeners range from could Britain have stood back from conflict in 1914 and not been part of the Great War, how accurate was the final dugout scene in the film 1917, what duties did Royal Field Artillery Drivers have on… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 32”
Questions and Answers Episode 31
Our listeners have a few intriguing questions: Is there still live ordnance in the moat at the Ypres Ramparts? What exactly was the role of Inland Waterways Transport during the First World War? How would the French portrayal of the Last Hundred Days differ… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 31”
Questions and Answers Episode 30
In this episode we discuss the improvised gas masks used by British and Commonwealth soldiers in 1915, the advancement in medical treatment during the Great War, whether soldiers were told in advance about the explosion of mines on the battlefield and the use of… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 30”
Questions and Answers Episode 29
In this episode of podcast listeners questions we ask: what Great War items would you take to a Desert Island, how was cause of death accurately reported or not by the military authorities, how did men on the front line get news of other… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 29”
Questions and Answers Episode 28
In this episode we ask were there any ‘Thankful Villages’ in France where everyone came home, what was ‘Camp Elisabeth’ at Verdun as visited by Professor Richard Holmes in the 1990s, did Great War soldiers experience any spiritual or paranormal activity on the battlefields… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 28”
Questions and Answers Episode 27
Our questions and answers in this episode look at what happened to trench systems when they met a road, was the Battle of the Somme a victory, how France remembers the Great War, and the role of the Army Service Corps in the conflict.… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 27”
Questions and Answers Episode 26
This week we discuss the background to the names British soldiers gave their German counterparts – names like Fritz and Bosch – we examine the role Portugal had on the Western Front and discuss where they are memorialised, look out how modern development has… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 26”
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