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WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! | A Battle Guide Production

Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

Welcome to "Not So Quiet On The Western Front," the podcast that takes you beyond the trenches and dives deep into the untold stories and surprising truths of the First World War. Join us as we lift the lid on one of the most pivotal periods in human history, busting myths and unravelling the complexities of a conflict that shaped the course of the 20th century. Host: Dan Hill & Dr. Spencer Jones More about Dan & Spencer: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq#host To comment and ask questions, please join

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Episode 83: French Tanks at War

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2025/06/30

This week, we dive into one of the Great War’s most remarkable transformations— the birth of the French tank arm.Link from James: https://forum.pages14-18.com/viewtopic.php?t=52768 Join Our Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to James Taub for joining us on the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/taubhistory.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠

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Episode 82: French in WWI – Your Questions Answered

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2025/06/23

In this episode, with the aid of regular guest and French Army expert James Taub, we delve your questions on France in WW1. What exactly is a French Colonial unit? What did the French think of the chauchat machine gun? And what did the British soldier think of his French counterpart? We discuss all this and more.Join Our Community: ⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠⁠ Thanks to

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55:16

Episode 81: The Franz Ferdinand Assassination

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2025/06/16

In this episode, we unravel the story of the assassination that changed the world. On a summer morning in 1914, a teenage revolutionary fired two shots on a Sarajevo street - and set the world on fire. Who was Franz Ferdinand? Why did a group of young men risk everything to kill him? And how did a single wrong turn trigger a global catastrophe?Battle Guide Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGipzRJ1rlk Join Our Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one

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61:50

Episode 80: Pals Battalions

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2025/06/09

In this episode of Not So Quiet on the Western Front, we explore the rise and tragic fall of the Pals Battalions - units of friends, neighbours, and co-workers who marched to war together in 1914. Their story is one of camaraderie, sacrifice, and devastating loss on the killing fields of the Somme.Join Our Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠⁠⁠ Do you like our

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66:34

Episode 79: Life Behind the Lines

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2025/06/02

When we think of the Western Front, we think of the trenches of mud, gunfire, and death. But there was another side to the war - the quieter spaces just behind the lines. In this episode, we explore life in those rear areas - the routines, the rest, the brief moments of humanity - and some of the choices men made in the face of exhaustion and uncertainty.Join Our Community: ⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠⁠

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64:14

Episode 78: French in 1918 - Part 2

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2025/05/26

In this episode we take our study of the French Army into the final, decisive Allied offensive of 1918. How did the French army finally weather the storm of the German spring offensives, and how did it turn the tide at the Second Battle of the Marne?James Book Recommendations: Doughty, Robert A. 2008. Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Goya, Michel. 2018. Flesh and Steel during the Great War: The Transformation of the

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Episode 77: French in 1918 - Part 1

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2025/05/19

In this week’s episode we follow the French Army as they emerge from the extremely trying year of 1917 into a year that would ultimately lead to Victory on the Western Front, but, before that could happen, one more massive German offensive first had to be held.Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us

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58:04

Episode 76: French in 1917 - Part 2

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2025/05/09

In this week’s episode we explore the vital period following the French ‘mutinies’ of 1917 and look at how the Army recovered in the face of intense fighting all along the Western Front. Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:

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Episode 75: The Nivelle Offensive

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2025/05/02

This week we continue our study of the French Army in the First World War as we examined one of France's most controversial commanders, Robert Nivelle, and the April 1917 offensive that bears his name. What happened during the Noelle Offensive, and why did it lead to a mutiny in the French Army?Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please

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Episode 74: Lighter Than Air: Airships in the Great...

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2025/04/25

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the Zeppelin campaign in the skies over Great Britain. How did Britain’s air defences adapt to the threat, and what was it like to intercept and engage a Zeppelin? Ian Castle's Book: Zeppelin Inferno: The Forgotten Blitz 1916 Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps

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55:34

Episode 73: Lighter Than Air: Airships in the Great...

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2025/04/18

In this episode, with the support of guest historian Ian Castle, we delve into the ever popular ‘lighter than air’ subject of Airships in the Great War. We look at their initial introduction onto the world stage, employment by the military, use as an offensive weapon of war and examine the impact they made both on the home and fighting fronts.Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:

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Episode 72: Göring's early life

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2025/04/11

In this week's episode we return to an old favourite - Air Power in the Great War. And with the help of Guest Historian Dr Victoria Taylor, we explore the life of the controversial German aviator Hermann Goering. Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide

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Episode 71: French on the Somme

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2025/04/04

In this week’s episode we return to a well-known battlefield, but look at it with an almost unknown perspective, as we explore the story of the French Army in the battle of the Somme.Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:

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61:32

Episode 70: Listener's Questions

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2025/03/28

This week we take one of our periodic dives into the many questions and comments you have shared with us in previous weeks and address everything from books and films to gallantry awards.Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:

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59:04

Episode 69: Verdun! Part 2

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2025/03/21

In this week’s episode we continue our exploration of perhaps the best known battle of the First World War - Verdun. From the initial German assault and descent into attritional warfare, this week we consider the latter stages of the battle, its overall impact and what it meant for the wider war on the Western Front. Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our

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Episode 68: Verdun! Part 1

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2025/03/14

In this episode we begin a deep dive into the defining battle of the First World War for the French Army - Verdun. How did it come about? What were its objectives and what actually happened in those opening phases?Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide

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Episode 67: Life of a French Soldier

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2025/03/07

In this episode we delve into the day to day life of a French soldier in WW1. How were French soldiers equipped and uniformed? How did they view the war? And what were the key differences between French soldiers and the soldiers from the English speaking world? We discuss all this and more.Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a

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Episode 66: Private Purchase

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2025/02/28

This week we delve into the strange world of privately purchased kit and equipment in the First World War. Why was there such a demand for private purchase items and what did the soldiers buy? Just how big was the private purchase industry? And did any of it make a difference? We discuss all this and more.Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then

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Episode 65: The French Army in 1915

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2025/02/21

In this podcast, we continue our in-depth look at the story of the French army on the western Front with a focus on the vital and extremely bloody actions in the second half of 1915.Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:

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Episode 64: France - From Ypres to Vimy Ridge!

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! | A Battle... ·

2025/02/14

This week we turn our focus with the French to the major and extremely bloody battles fought in late 1914 and the first half of 1915 on the Western Front, with a focus on prominent high ground, including the notorious Vimy Ridge.Join Our Community: https://not-so-quiet.com/ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail:

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