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Battles of the First World War Podcast

The Battles of the First World War Podcast goes in-depth into the battles of the Great War of 1914-1918. The goal is to really go into the details of how and why these battles unfolded and happened as they did. In telling the narrative of these clashes we can revisit some of the stories of the men and women who lived, fought, and died during the first titanic struggle of the 20th Century, for these people have stories that deserve to be told.

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40:21

Second Marne - Blücher-Yorck

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/12/21

The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck. Looking to draw away French reserves from the Flanders and Picardy areas, German GEN Erich Ludendorff aimed a new German attack in a sector where the French were particularly vulnerable: the Chemin des Dames. Early and stunning success by German forces in the attack, however, led to overconfidence and the creation of a swollen and tenuous

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53:17

Remembering Victoria Cross Recipients with Ron Howard...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/12/14

Adam Pearce and his uncle Ron Howard have spent the past few years visiting the graves of the UK's and British Commonwealth's Victoria Cross recipients. They hope to raise awareness of not just the recipients of the British Army's highest award for valor, but of the other men buried with them in Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries on the Old Front Line and elsewhere around the world. Also, to British listeners in general and Nottinghamshire residents in particular, my apologies on butchering the

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01:52:08

Fighting the Kaiser's War: The Saxons in Flanders...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/12/10

Authors and historians Andrew Lucas and Jürgen Schmiseschek come on the podcast to discuss their collaborative work on the Saxon Germans on the Flanders front during the Great War. Where to buy "Fighting the Kaiser's War:" https://royalsaxonarmy.co.uk/index.php/our-publications/13-fighting-the-kaiser-s-war The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website,

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35:20

Searching for John DeWitt - A Discussion with John...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/12/07

Author and grandson John Chase, MD comes on the podcast to discuss his book based on the letters his grandfather, John DeWitt, wrote home during the First World War. From Hellgate Press: When recently retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Chase stumbles upon a hidden trove of over 80 letters from his grandfather, John DeWitt, written from the trenches of World War I, he embarks on a life-changing journey. These letters reveal the untold story of DeWitt, a 21-year-old trench runner who faced the

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33:06

Demarcation Stones Fundraiser with Roger Steward and...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/12/05

Founders of the New Ypres League Dr Dominiek Dendooven and Roger Steward join the podcast to discuss a worthy remembrance project for the old Ypres battlefields: replacing and restoring the demarcation stones that marked the limit of German advances throughout the Great War. Where to donate - New Ypres League vzw: www.newypresleague.com The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the

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30:03

Second Marne - Directive No. 4

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/12/01

In the prelude to the prelude of the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918, we set the clock back to December 1917 to look at the position of the Allies at that point in the war. Specifically, we look at French Army commander General Philippe Petain's Directive No. 4 issued that month. In this short memo Petain advocated for a defense in depth strategy on the front lines, as Entente forces began to prepare for the inevitable German onslaught on the Western Front. The BFWWP is on Patreon:

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59:36

"Bicycling My Grandfather's WW1 Journey" - A...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/11/24

Cape Ann, Massachusetts resident Brett Hawkes comes on the podcast to discuss his long bicycle trips through France, where he followed in his Doughboy grandfather's WW1 footsteps. The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on BlueSky at @WW1podcast.bsky.social: https://bsky.app/profile/ww1podcast.bsky.social and the BFWWP website,

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07:19

Ypres - Demarcation Stone Fundraiser

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/11/12

This is a quick episode to make listeners aware of a fundraising drive by the New Ypres League to restore some of the post-WW1 demarcation stones in the Ypres, Belgium area. Where to donate: https://www.newypresleague.com/ There will be a talk released in early December where the New Ypres League will go into more details about their fundraiser, but for now we wanted to get the word out as soon as possible. The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast.

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46:59

"An Unladylike Profession" by Chris Dubbs - American...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/11/09

Educator and First World War enthusiast Kristin Stelfox comes on the podcast to discuss some of the first and pathbreaking American women war correspondents who covered the first years of the war. New Ypres League: https://www.newypresleague.com/ "An Unladylike Profession" by Chris Dubbs - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/an-unladylike-profession-american-women-war-correspondents-in-world-war-i/54181957/#isbn=1640126791 Edith Wharton's articles: https://modjourn.org/issue/bdr474765/ Mary

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29:36

"Loaned for the Summer" - A Discussion with Craig...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/10/29

Writer Craig DeSteiguer joins us to tell the story of his grandfather John Horace Merriman, who was deeply affected by his First World War-era service. "Death in the Trench" Let me sing no whispers of war. Let me tear my eyes, of all death…that lay. Let me hold the hand of their last breath. Let me pray their soul is gone….to home. Let me sing no whispers of war. For when I too shall come home, To whispered songs no more…. of that war. "Loaned to the Summer" - Where to buy:

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13:25

2026 Lost Battalion Tours Meuse-Argonne Pilgrimage

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/10/22

We have dates for the 2026 Meuse-Argonne Battlefield Pilgrimage! The trip is from July 02 - 08, 2026. This next visit will be one where we really plan to put boots on the ground: we will be walking in the paths of some individual Doughboys in 2026. This is a new feature of Lost Battalion Tours, and we’re excited to share it with you! A sample of the 2026 itinerary: Day 2 - “Malancourt to Montfaucon:” - 79th Division’s first combat tour 26-30 SEP 1918 - In the footsteps of Major

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Aisne-Marne & Vesle Sector - SGT William Shemin

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/10/15

In the final days of the Aisne-Marne Offensive, American forces pursued the retreating Germans to the River Vesle in August 1918. During the battles for possession of the key village of Bazoches-sur-Vesle, an American son of Russian-Jewish immigrants would distinguish himself by looking out for his friends and soldiers. The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website,

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46:08

Angel Down: A Discussion with Daniel Kraus

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/10/01

NYT bestselling author Daniel Kraus comes on the podcast to talk about his novel set in the Meuse-Argonne battle “Angel Down.” From Simon & Schuster: Private Cyril Bagger has managed to survive the unspeakable horrors of the Great War through his wits and deception, swindling fellow soldiers at every opportunity. But his survival instincts are put to the ultimate test when he and four other grunts are given a deadly mission: venture into the perilous No Man’s Land to euthanize a wounded

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51:58

Montreal to Courcelette via Paardeberg, a Discussion...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/04/13

Historian Michel Gravel comes back on the podcast to discuss an incredibly interesting gentleman named John Stevenson Youngson. Michel’s works can be found here: https://ysec.fr/?s=Michel+Gravel&post_type=product Michel’s GoFundMe for “La place Joseph Kaeble, VC, MM,” in Neuville-Vitasse, France: https://gofund.me/17574db1 Regarding Michel’s medals: when he mentions his medal collections increase in value, it’s not monetary value. Rather their value increases in that the medal group is

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01:10:23

GEN Edmond Buat & the Heavy Artillery Reserve: A...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/03/19

My good friend Xavier Lewis comes on the podcast to discuss his dissertation topic. General Edmond Buat had an idea and devised a plan to defeat the German army on the Western front in World War I. A study of his diary, the notes he wrote and his later writings on German generals Ludendorff and Hindenburg, shows how his plan and the Réserve Générale de l’Artillerie Lourde (Heavy Artillery General Reserve, “RGAL”) he created constitute an incipient form of operational art as well as the basis for

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43:49

“To the Limit of Endurance: A Battalion of Marines in...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/03/05

Pete Owen, LTC USMC (Ret.) comes on the podcast to talk about his book “To the Limit of Endurance: A Battalion of Marines in the Great War.” From Texas A&M University Press: “Scholars and historians offer several theories for the crippling losses suffered by the American Expeditionary Forces on the battlefields of World War I: inexperience, poor leadership, hasty expansion of duties, and others. But until now, most of these studies have focused at the division level or higher. Now, with To

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44:24

Great War Expo II at SGT Alvin C. York State Park in...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/03/01

Tennessee State Park Rangers Nate Dodson and Tanner Wells come on the podcast to discuss the upcoming Great War Expo II at York State Park in Pall Mall, TN. On April 5th, 2025, the second annual Great War Expo will be held at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park in Pall Mall, TN. This is an educational event highlighting all things WW1 at the homesite of one of its more well known soldiers. Experience informative lectures, participate in living history demonstrations, meet authors and vendors,

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01:55:58

The French Army in the First World War, a Discussion:...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/02/23

Part 6 of the ongoing discussion continues to look at the French Army in 1916, and this time we focus on events and developments outside of the Verdun battlefield. This episode will focus on the French Army’s experience in 1916 outside of the Verdun battlefield. Joining us for this discussion are: Bart Debeer, who co-wrote a Dutch-language Western Front Guide for Beginners with a friend Bryn Hammond, whose blog “Vingt Frong” aims to “awaken interest in the French experience of the First

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37:53

“The Battalion: Citizen Soldiers at War on the...

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/02/09

Dr. Isherwood returns to the podcast to talk about his new book “The Battalion: Citizen Soldiers at War on the Western Front.” From Casemate Publishers: “How did ordinary citizens become soldiers during the First World War, and how did they cope with the extraordinary challenges they confronted on the Western Front? These are questions Ian Isherwood seeks to answer in this absorbing and deeply researched study of the actions and experiences of an infantry battalion throughout the conflict. His

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15:50

Joncherey - The Skirmish

Battles of the First World War Podcast ·

2025/01/26

Before the First World War officially began, the killing was already underway. In the small French village of Joncherey, two men would meet for a brief but violent moment on August 2nd, 1914, the day before war was officially declared. The moment would turn them into eternal brothers, transformed by their explosive meeting. French Corporal Jules André Peugeot and German Lieutenant Albert Otto Walther Mayer would soon be the first military deaths of their nations. The BFWWP is on Patreon:

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