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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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Ep316 – AEF Communications during the Great War – Dr....

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2023/09/25

Academic Dr Brian Hall talks about his research into the development of communications in the American Expeditionary Force during the Great War. Brian is the Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Contemporary Military & International History, University of Salford.

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Ep315 – Smuts, Botha and the Great War – Dr Anthony...

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2023/09/18

Dr Tony Garcia talks about the book he jointly authored with Ian van der Waag on the Great War roles of roles played by the South African prime minister, General Louis Botha, and his deputy, General Jan Smuts during the Great War. These were very different men and they appealed to different audiences. Botha’s nuance and emotional intelligence complemented Smuts’s intellectualism. Thrown into a world conflagration in August 1914, Botha and Smuts – facing internal rebellion and the threat posed by

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Ep314 – The German Army in 1917 – Dr Tony Cowan

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2023/09/11

Author and academic Dr Tony Cowan talks about his recent book, Holding Out. This book examines German operational command during a critical phase of the First World War from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres. The situation faced by the German army on the Western Front in 1917 was very different from the one anticipated in pre-war doctrine and Holding Out examines how German commanders and staff officers adapted. Tony Cowan analyses key command tasks to get under the skin of the

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Ep313 – Anzac Labour – Dr Nathan Wise

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2023/09/04

Historian and academic Dr Nathan Wise talks about his book Anazc Labour. This book explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers, it traces the history of work and workplace cultures through Australia, the shores of Gallipoli, the fields of France and Belgium, and the Near East. This was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Nathan is Associate Professor in

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Ep312 – Barcombe in the Great War – Ian Hilder

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2023/08/07

Author Ian Hilder about talks his recent book Great War Barcombe News from a Sussex Village 1914 -1919. This book was published by Country Books in 2018.

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Ep311 – The Third Earl of Durham in the GW – Peter Welsh

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2023/07/31

TweetHistorian, teacher and author Peter Welsh talks about his research into the Third Earl of Durham during the Great War. John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (1855-1928), was the eldest twin son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, and his wife Lady Beatrix Frances, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. His grandfather was the statesman and colonial administrator, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and his great-grandfather was Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. Peter

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Ep310 – International Jewish relief work in WW1 – Dr...

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2023/07/24

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Ep309 – Russian military strategy in WW1 – Dr Sofya...

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2023/07/17

Tweet Dr Sofya Anisimova talks about Russian military strategy during the Great War. She is a post doctoral researcher at University College Dublin in Ireland. Sofya examines the military strategy pursued by Russia. She talks about the state of Russian planning before 1914, how they perceived the nature of war and strategy during 1914 to 1917. Tweet

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Ep308 – Teachers from Victoria, Australian in the GW...

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2023/07/10

CarolineTorode talks about her research into state teachers from Victoria, Australia during the Great War. Her talk is based on her MA thesis that looked at Victorian Government Teachers and their selection and promotion within the Australian Imperial Force.

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Ep307 – The 1922 Chanak Crisis and the legacy of the...

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2023/07/03

Tweet Dr Jenny Macleod, Senior Lecturer in 20th Century History at the University of Hull, talks about the 1922 Chanak Crisis and the actions of Lloyd George to try and solve the crisis with reference to the Great War. The Chanak Crisis was a war scare in September 1922 between the United Kingdom and the Government of the Grand National Assembly in Turkey. The crisis was caused by Turkish efforts to push the Greek armies out of Turkey and restore Turkish rule in the Allied-occupied territories,

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Ep306 – Lambton Ladies in the Great War: Katherine,...

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2023/06/26

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Ep305 – Women doctors on the Eastern and Western...

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2023/06/19

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Ep304 – The Indian Army in WW1 – Dr Alan Jeffreys

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2023/06/12

Dr Alan Jeffreys talks about his recent publication of collected essays on the Indian Army recently published by Helion. Alan is Head of Equipment and Uniform at the National Army Museum and also a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich. His book and interview address the important global role of the Indian Army during the First World War. The edited volume covers the traditional areas of the Indian Army on the Western Front, in Palestine, Mesopotamia and the defence of the Suez

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Ep303 – The Remount Service and the Army Veterinary...

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2023/06/05

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Ep302 – The role of birds in the GW – Nicholas Milton

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2023/05/29

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Ep301 – Elsie and Mairi Go to War – Dr Diane Atkinson

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2023/05/22

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Ep300 – The state of GW scholarship – Prof John...

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2023/05/15

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Ep299 – Queen’s Westminster Rifles in the Great War –...

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2023/05/08

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Ep298 – A Jewish Aid Worker in Ukraine during the...

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2023/05/01

Dr Michael Nutkiewicz talks about his new book, A Ukrainian Chapter. A Jewish Aid Worker's Memoir of Sorrow. This is the translation of a memoir by Eli Gumener, a Jewish relief worker living through the consequences of the Great War and Russian Civil War in Podolia, southwest Ukraine. In his memoir, Gumener describes the effect of pogroms on Jewish communities, the challenges of providing relief, and the conflicts between parties with various political agendas. Michael in an independent scholar and

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Ep297 – Organisational learning on the Western Front...

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2023/04/24

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