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A podcast hosted by Dr Tom Thorpe on all aspects of the Great War from the UK"s leading First World War history society The Western Front Association (www.westernfrontassociation.com).

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Ep68 – The British Manpower Crisis of 1918 – Dr...

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2018/06/18

Tweet Dr Alison Hines, gives a lecture on the British Manpower Crisis of 1918; this talk was given at the WFA’s 7th President’s Conference in Birmingham on 2 June 2018. Tweet

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Ep67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley

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2018/06/11

Tweet Anne Buckley (@skiptonpow), Lecturer in Translation Studies and German at Leeds University, talks about translating memoirs of a group of German officers imprisoned in Skipton in World War I. Tweet

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Ep66 – The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu –...

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2018/06/04

Tweet Author Kenneth C. Davis (@kennethcdavis) talks about his latest book on the hidden history of the Spanish Flu during World War 1, published by Henry Holt. Tweet

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Ep65 – Major Discoveries on the Western Front – David...

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2018/05/28

Tweet WFA trustee David Tattersfield talks about his detective work in France to determine the identities of two majors buried in graves marked unknown, who were both killed in the German Spring offensive on the River Aisne in May 1918. Tweet

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Ep64 – The London Irish in the Great War – Richard...

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2018/05/21

Tweet Richard O’Sullivan, Assistant Curator at the London Irish Rifles Association, talks about the London Irish battalions of the London Regiment during the Great War. Tweet

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Ep63 – Blockade, economic warfare and the use of...

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2018/05/14

Tweet Sir Hew Strachan, patron of the WFA and Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, delivers a lecture on blockade, economic warfare and the use of starvation during the Great War. This lecture was recorded at the WFA’s AGM in London last month. Tweet

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Ep61 – D.H. Lawrence and the Great War – Dr Andrew...

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2018/04/30

Tweet Dr Andrew Humphries, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, talks on D.H. Lawrence during the Great War and his recent book D. H. Lawrence, Transport and Cultural Transition: ‘A Great Sense of Journeying’ (published by Palgrave Macmillan). Tweet

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Ep60 – Wherever the firing line extends – Ronan McGreevy

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2018/04/23

Tweet Irish Times Journalist Ronan McGreevy about his book Wherever the Firing line Extends, published by the History Press Ireland. This book examines the legacy of the 23 Irish memorials to fallen men on the Western Front. In the podcast, Ronan talks about documentary he made that looks at the Irish involvement in the 1917 campaign. Details of where to watch this film can be found at https://www.vimeo.com/240740894 (Password: flanders). Tweet

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Ep59 – British Widows of the First World War – Andrea...

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2018/04/16

Tweet Andrea Hetherington talks about her new book British Widows of the First World War (published Pen and Sword). Tweet

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Ep58 – Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker

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2018/04/09

Tweet Dr Linda Parker talks about her new book (published by Helion and Co) on Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, better known as Woodbine Willie, during his service as an Army Chaplain in the Great War. Tweet

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Ep57 – The Great War Contribution of the Punjabi...

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2018/04/02

Tweet GP Dr Irfan Malik talks about his research into the Great War contribution of his ancestral village of Dulmial, which is located in the Punjab area of Pakistan. Tweet

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Ep56 – Resisting Conscription: the Appeals Tribunals...

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2018/03/26

Tweet Doctoral candidate Carol Henderson talks about her research into the military appeals tribunals in Middlesex where men sought to gain exemption from conscription and military service during the Great War. Tweet

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Ep55 – Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria – Dr...

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2018/03/19

Tweet Dr Jonathan Boff, University of Birmingham, discusses his latest book Haig’s Enemy on Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria during the Great War on the Western Front (published by OUP). Tweet

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Ep54 – The Confessions of a Battlefield Tour Guide –...

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2018/03/12

Tweet Military historian and guide Clive Harris talks about his 20 years of experiences as a battlefield tour guide taking parties of people around sites in France and Flanders. Tweet

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Ep53 – Nannies and the Great War – Louise Heren

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2018/03/05

Tweet Author and historian Louise Heren talks about her book on Nannies and the Great War (published by Pen and Sword). Tweet

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Ep52 – Cambridge Communities in the Great War –...

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2018/02/26

Tweet PhD candidate Joanna Costin talks about her research into the Cambridgeshire communities in the Great War. Joanna was one of six doctoral students who were recipients of the WFA PhD scholarship grant scheme that is designed to further academic research and understanding into the First World War. Tweet

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Ep51 – The Wirral in the Great War – Stephen Roberts

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2018/02/19

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Ep50 – The London Regiment before the Great War –...

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2018/02/12

Tweet Historian Charles fair and host Tom Thorpe survey the character, traditions and quirks of the 28 infantry battalions of the London Regiment prior to the Great War. Tweet

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Ep49 – The 48th Division, 1908-1918 – Dr K.W. Mitchinson

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2018/02/05

Tweet Dr Bill Mitchinson talks about his latest book on the 48th (South Midland) Division from 1908 to 1919 (published by Helion & Co.) Tweet

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Ep48 – The Hindenburg Line – Clive Harris

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2018/01/29

Tweet Military historian and battlefield guide Clive Harris, Director of Battle Honours, discusses the Hindenburg Line during the First World War. Tweet

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