Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
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Live From Ypres: Bayernwald Trenches
From a recently recorded livestream on the battlefields of Ypres in Flanders, join us on a walk around the reconstructed First World War trenches in Bayernwald – ‘Bavarian Wood’ – called Croonaert Wood on the British trench maps. You can watch the livestream from… Continue Reading “Live From Ypres: Bayernwald Trenches”
Questions and Answers Episode 24
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… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 24”
Questions and Answers Episode 22
In our latest round-up of Questions and Answers we look at Memorials to non-white soldiers on the Western Front, whether ‘battle bars’ were ever planned for WW1 British and Commonwealth campaign medals, the award of the ‘Blue Max’ to German soldiers, and were ordinary… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 22”
Walking Arras: Point du Jour
We return to the Arras Battlefields of April 1917 and walk from Athies to the high ground at Point du Jour, seeing where men of the 9th (Scottish) Division, including troops from the South African Brigade fought. We visit cemeteries along the way and… Continue Reading “Walking Arras: Point du Jour”
Battlefield Vlog: Verdun – Voie Sacrée
In the latest Old Front Line YouTube Channel Battlefield Vlog we return to Verdun and visit the memorial to the Voie Sacrée, the important lifeline into Verdun in 1916. We then continue to the La Pavée Cemetery in Verdun itself to look at the… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Verdun – Voie Sacrée”
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 8
In our latest batch of Questions and Answers we look at what Mentioned in Despatches were, who they were awarded to how and what they were for, we discuss what special badges were represented on the headstones in War Cemeteries, how German occupation worked… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 8”
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 6
In our latest series of Questions and Answers we cover a wide range of subjects from the use of alcohol and tobacco by soldiers in the war, to visiting battlefields ‘beyond the Somme’, to how we present those battlefields of the Great War to… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 6”
Battlefield Vlog: The British on the Aisne 1914 & 1918
In the latest Old Front Line Battlefield Vlog we travel to Northern-Eastern France and look at the British Army on the Aisne at the two ends of the war in 1914 and 1918. In 1914 the regular army or ‘Old Contemptibles’ fought here, and… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: The British on the Aisne 1914 & 1918”
Return of The Old Front Line
After moving house, and nearly three hundred miles with the Old Front Line archives and library, we return from a new location, new ideas for the podcast and shifting hundreds of Great War books has prompted some thoughts from the past, from authors to… Continue Reading “Return of The Old Front Line”
Trench Chat: The Caretakers with Caitlin DeAngelis
In this latest Trench Chat we speak to historian and writer Caitlin DeAngelis who has just finished a fascinating new book ‘The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airman in World War II’. We discuss her research for the… Continue Reading “Trench Chat: The Caretakers with Caitlin DeAngelis”
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