Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Verdun
Battlefield Vlog: Verdun 1916 – Fleury
In this video we travel to Verdun, one of the most impressive First World War battlefields, and walk the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont which sat on the front line for much of 1916. Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Verdun 1916 – Fleury”
Aftermath: The Myth of the Red Zone
At the end of the Great War, vast areas of France were left devastated by the fighting: this became the ‘Zone Rouge’ or the ‘Red Zone’. Reconstruction and recovery of ground brought that Red Zone to an end in the 1920s but stories of… Continue Reading “Aftermath: The Myth of the Red Zone”
Beyond The Somme
The Great War on the Western Front was much more than Flanders and the Somme, and the experience of British and Commonwealth soldiers. When we travel ‘Beyond the Somme’ – what does that mean, and what do we find on these battlefields where soldiers… Continue Reading “Beyond The Somme”
Verdun In A Day
In the latest of our series of Battlefields in a Day, we travel to Eastern France and look at the Battlefields around Verdun. Verdun was the longest single battle of the Great War, lasting some 300 days and 300 nights, fought between February and… Continue Reading “Verdun In A Day”
Verdun: The Trench of Bayonets
In December 1920 a large concrete shelter financed by an American millionaire marked the spot where French soldiers had fallen in one of the many small actions around Verdun in 1916. The story of the Trench of Bayonets was born, but what is the… Continue Reading “Verdun: The Trench of Bayonets”
Where WW1 Meets WW2
In this episode we look at how the criss-cross paths of two Great Wars collide on the old battlefields of the First World War. What happened to the approach to war, how were the battlefields affected in the fighting of 1940 and the Occupation,… Continue Reading “Where WW1 Meets WW2”
100th Episode: Across The Old Front Line
To commemorate one hundred episodes of the podcast we take a journey along the Western Front visiting four locations from Flanders to the Somme to Verdun to the Vosges. What does the landscape of the Great War mean to us? The Old Front Line… Continue Reading “100th Episode: Across The Old Front Line”
Verdun: Fleury to Douaumont
In this week’s episode, we step beyond the British sector of the Western Front to one of the most iconic French battlefields of the Great War – Verdun. Here we walk the ground between the ‘lost’ village of Fleury and visit the huge cemetery… Continue Reading “Verdun: Fleury to Douaumont”
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