WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 7 | — | #199 |
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Germany 1915: Death, Taxes & Counter-Attacks
October 5, 2026 · 50 minIn this episode, a continuation of our Germany at War series, we take a deep dive into the fighting on the Western Front throughout the crucial year of 1915. From poison gas and pillboxes to elastic defence, we explore the tactics…
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The Great Escapes of Charles de Gaulle
September 28, 2026 · 59 minCharles de Gaulle was wounded and captured at Verdun in March 1916, but this marked the beginning of a new phase of his First World War. Over the next two and a half years, he would dedicate himself to escaping captivity and rejoining the…
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Charles de Gaulle in WWI: From Academy to Verdun
September 21, 2026 · 57 minIt is difficult to imagine Charles de Gaulle as a young man before the képi, the presidency, and his famous silhouette. But in August 1914, he was a 23-year-old lieutenant about to be wounded and tested in the inferno of combat. Ultimately…
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Who won the battle of the Somme
September 14, 2026 · 52 min1917 British patrols walked into Serre without firing a shot. The Germans had gone - withdrawn back to the Hindenburg Line, abandoning ground over which some one million men had been killed and wounded. Four months after the Battle of the…
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The Ancre: The Final Major Battle of the Somme
September 7, 2026 · 59 minOn 13th of November 1916 the British Army attacked at Beaumont Hamel, Serre and Beaucourt - the ground of the first morning of the Somme. Four and a half months after the catastrophe of the first of July, the last battle of the campaign…
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French Army on the Somme
August 31, 2026 · 51 minToday in popular memory the Battle of the Somme is often seen as titanic struggle fought between Britain and her vast Empire an the military might of the German War Machine. But, what’s far too often overlooked, and the subject of today’s…
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Thiepval 1916: Storming the Impossible Ridge
August 24, 2026 · 56 minBy late September 1916, the British Army stood ready to attempt something it had failed to do on the war's bloodiest day: capture Thiepval. Once a village, now a fortified maze of underground cellars and interlinking tunnels, the position…
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Flers-Courcelette: The Somme's Tactical Turning Point?
August 18, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minIn this episode we continue our exploration of the 1916 Battle of the Somme with a focus on a key crucial stage famed for the global debut of a new weapon - the tank - But the battle of Flers-Courcelette was not just the tanks, debut…