Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep276 – The assassination of Sir Henry Wilson – Ronan McGreevy

Ep275 – Managing boredom in Salonika amongst British troops – Jake Gasson

Ep274 – Fishermen’s involvement in the Great War – Dr Robb Robinson

Ep273 – The German Army in October 1918 – Katherine Quinlan-Flatter

Ep272 – The political and social history of Ireland in WW1 – Dr Niamh Gallagher & Prof Richard Grayson

Ep271 – Children and childhood in WW1 – Dr Viv Newman

Ep270 – Gas Warfare during WW1 – Rocky Salmon

Ep269 – The Netherlands during WW1 – Pauline Onderwater

Ep268 – Richard Aldington and the Great War – Dr Viv Whelpton

Ep267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-8 – Dr Alex Mayhew

Ep266  – The US 103rd Regiment in WW1 – Jonathan Bratten

Ep265 – The Indian Army in WW1 – Dr Andrew Jarboe

Ep264 – 1917, The Darkest Year – Dr Spencer Jones

Dr Spencer Jones talks about The Darkest Year, a collection of essays he edited on the British Army fighting on the Western Front in 1917 during the Great War. The volume covers a wide range of subjects including grand strategy, tactical development and training, maintenance of morale and the importance of intelligence gathering. It also includes insightful studies of crucial battles and engagements such as the advance to the Hindenburg Line, Third Battle of the Scarpe and the dreadful struggle ...

Ep263 – The German colonies in WW1 – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick

Ep262 – WW1 Officers facing disgrace in 1920s courtrooms – Dr Frances Hurd

Ep261a – In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War – Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy

In this special podcast, I talk to historian and photographer Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy about the launch of his book In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War. The two-volume book chronicles and explains the historical events of the Great War through photos taken by the author one hundred years later, between 2014 and 2021, in each and every theatre of this global conflict. Beginning in Sarajevo, continuing through the battlefields of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific, all the wa...

Ep261 – Teaching the Great War Kingham Hill School – Donna Saxby & Gareth Williams

Ep260 – Subterranean operations in WW1 – Dr Matt Leonard

Ep259 – The Boy Scouts during the War – Dr Craig Armstrong

Ep258 – Dissent and indiscipline in the Indian Army during WW1 – Dr Adam Prime

Ep257  – Visiting the battlefields in France and Belgium – Tom Strickland

Ep256 – Fighting at the Battle of the Isonzo on your computer – Jos Hoebe

Ep255 – Association Football on the Home Front – Dr Alexander Jackson

Ep254 – 1919 Peace Day Mugs & Medals – Giles Penman

Ep253 – The Kaiser during the Great War – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick

Ep252 – Frank Prewett and the Great War – Prof  Joy Porter

Ep251 – Debating America’s response to the Great War – Dr Neil Lanctot

Ep250pt2 – The Western Front – Prof Nick Lloyd

Ep250p1 – Sir Henry Rawlinson – Prof. Robin Prior

Ep249 – The Illustrated Chronicle in WW1 – Peter Welsh