WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
This week we answer questions about British Prisoners of War held in Switzerland, ask what kind of permission you need to explore the fields and woods across the landscape of the Great War, discuss if any Estaminets survive from the Great War and look… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 13”
In this latest Question and Answer Episode we look at several questions about the changing nature of the British Army in the Great War, and its Regimental system, examine one aspect of how WW1 meets WW2 and discuss whether it is possible to trace… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 12”
In a special summer edition of the podcast before it returns properly in September, we walk the battlefields near Passchendaele and have an extended Question and Answer session. THE PASSCHENDAELE BATTLEFIELD WALK: Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question… Continue Reading “Podcast Summer Special”
In our tenth QnA Episode we look at subjects from Canada’s Hundred Days in 1918 to the Missing of the Great War, ask how to begun studying the First World War given all that is available now, and discuss how sickness was as much… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 10”
In our latest Questions and Answers Episode we look at the rifles carried by British soldiers in the Great War, discuss the experience of Prisoners of War, ask what kind of recycling and salvage took place, and discuss the horticulture in British and Commonwealth… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 9”
In this latest Question & Answer Episode we look at subjects ranging from the Hampshire Regiment in the Great War, to ask if there is an increase in German visitors to the battlefields, and discuss how soldiers are being identified more than a century… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 7”
In this latest Questions & Answers bonus episode, we look at questions about the Regular Army and the 1914 Star, the Canadians in WW1 as ‘Shock Troops’, discuss the men from the Southdowns Battalions from Sussex and ask do we have enough memorials along… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 5”
In this latest Questions & Answers episode we look at how we read the landscape of the Great War, visiting the Sunken Lane at Beaumont Hamel and Talbot House, discuss that remains of RFC/RAF airfields, examine the survival rates of officers and ask what… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 4”
In this latest Old Front Line Podcast Questions & Answers Episode we answer four questions from listeners asking what is the most memorable story of the Great War I’ve visited, what battlefield draws me back time and again, what did British troops think about… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 3”
In our latest Old Front Line Podcast Questions & Answers Episode we answer four questions from listeners covering subjects like the ‘Learning Curve’ on the Western Front to how to visit battlefields beyond the Somme. The Naval Flank of the Western Front project I… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 2”