WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!

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   Episode 151: The Truth About WW1 Generals

   In more than a century since the guns fell silent, one phrase above all others has come to be associated with the story of the British Army in the First World War: Lions Led By Donkeys. But does that undoubtedly powerful line stand up to hi
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2. 26. Okt.

   Episode 150: Spies, Codes & Cables: The Zimmermann Telegram 1917

   In January 1917, as war raged across the globe, only one key player remained neutral: Having swayed from pro- to anti-German throughout the course of the war, it was recognised by most that the United States' contribution could be crucial t
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3. 19. Okt.

   Episode 149: WW1 Trench Raiding Weapons

   Picture a soldier with a trench dagger tucked into his belt and a satchel full of grenades on his shoulder, carrying a spiked club in one hand and a revolver in the other: a man ready for a deadly encounter in the dark. The weapons of trenc
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4. 12. Okt.

   Episode 148: Courage Without Glory - The British Army in 1915

   What happens when an army built for a short war finds itself fighting in a long one? In 1915, the British Army found out, and learned the answer the hard way. Short of guns, short of shells, and up against defences that no one had previousl
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5. 5. Okt.

   Episode 147: Germany 1915: Death, Taxes & Counter-Attacks

   In this episode, a continuation of our Germany at War series, we take a deep dive into the fighting on the Western Front throughout the crucial year of 1915. From poison gas and pillboxes to elastic defence, we explore the tactics, technolo
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6. 28. Sept.

   Episode 146: The Great Escapes of Charles de Gaulle

   Charles de Gaulle was wounded and captured at Verdun in March 1916, but this marked the beginning of a new phase of his First World War. Over the next two and a half years, he would dedicate himself to escaping captivity and rejoining the f
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7. 21. Sept.

   Episode 145: Charles de Gaulle in WWI: From Academy to Verdun

   It is difficult to imagine Charles de Gaulle as a young man before the képi, the presidency, and his famous silhouette. But in August 1914, he was a 23-year-old lieutenant about to be wounded and tested in the inferno of combat. Ultimately
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8. 14. Sept.

   Episode 144: Who Won the Battle of the Somme

   1917 British patrols walked into Serre without firing a shot. The Germans had gone - withdrawn back to the Hindenburg Line, abandoning ground over which some one million men had been killed and wounded. Four months after the Battle of the S
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9. 7. Sept.

   Episode 143: The Ancre: The Final Major Battle of the Somme

   On 13th of November 1916 the British Army attacked at Beaumont Hamel, Serre and Beaucourt - the ground of the first morning of the Somme. Four and a half months after the catastrophe of the first of July, the last battle of the campaign was
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10. 31. Aug.

    Episode 142: French Army on the Somme

    Today in popular memory the Battle of the Somme is often seen as titanic struggle fought between Britain and her vast Empire an the military might of the German War Machine. But, what’s far too often overlooked, and the subject of today’s e
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11. 24. Aug.

    Episode 141: Thiepval 1916: Storming the Impossible Ridge

    By late September 1916, the British Army stood ready to attempt something it had failed to do on the war's bloodiest day: capture Thiepval. Once a village, now a fortified maze of underground cellars and interlinking tunnels, the position h
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12. 18. Aug.

    Episode 140: Flers-Courcelette: The Somme's Tactical Turning Point?

    In this episode we continue our exploration of the 1916 Battle of the Somme with a focus on a key crucial stage famed for the global debut of a new weapon - the tank - But the battle of Flers-Courcelette was not just the tanks, debut - tens
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13. 10. Aug.

    Episode 139: Pozières: Australia's Bloodiest Battle of the Somme

    The struggle for Pozieres would become one of the most infamous campaigns of the Battle of the Somme: some 23000 Australians would become casualties over six weeks fighting on a front barely three miles wide. The total casualties were compa
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14. 3. Aug.

    Episode 138: Somme's Woodland: Mametz, Trônes, Delville & High Wood

    There was no terrain on the Somme that soldiers feared more than woodland - a maze of broken stumps, fallen branches, and hidden barbed wire. In this episode we explore how and why the woods of the Somme became such a crucial part of the ba
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15. 27. Juli

    Episode 137: Night Attack on the Somme: Bazentin Ridge 1916

    Just two weeks after the catastrophe of 1 July 1916, the British Army launched another major assault on the Somme - this time with dramatically different results. Attacking before dawn after silently assembling thousands of men in No Man's
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16. 20. Juli

    Episode 136: The Somme in the South - Forgotten Victory

    When people think of the Somme, they think of failure: men cut down in no man's land; shattered battalions; and catastrophic losses. Yet along much of the southern part of the battlefield, this is not what happened at all. Here, British tro
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17. 20. Juli

    Bonus Episode: Reichs & Republics The Turnip Winter of 1916/17

    What happens when an entire nation runs out of food? This is one of our favourite episodes from our sister podcast, Reichs and Republics: The German History Podcast, and we’d like to share it with you. In this episode Katja and Chris explor
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18. 6. Juli

    Episode 135: The Somme’s Northern Disaster

    At 7.30am on the morning of 1st July 1916, whistles blew along a front stretching more than twenty miles. Tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed from their trenches and began walking towards the German lines. By nightfall nearly 20,0
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19. 29. Juni

    Episode 134: France's Elite Units

    What turns a unit into an elite? Is it rigorous selection, a hard-earned reputation, or simply being thrown into the fiercest fighting and surviving? In today's episode, we search for the answer through the story of the Blue Devils of the V
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20. 22. Juni

    Episode 133: The Gallipoli Evacuation: A Forgotten Success Story?

    For eight brutal months in 1915, every Allied plan at Gallipoli had failed. However, on the final night of the campaign, the Allies finally managed to pull off one perfectly executed operation and evacuate. This is the story of how a disast
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21. 15. Juni

    Episode 132: Battles that Shaped the 20th Century

    In this week’s episode and in a long overdue collaboration between Not So Quite on the Western Front and WW2 Both Sides of the Wire, four of us sit down to explore what we feel are the battles that, for one reason or another, shaped the cou
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22. 8. Juni

    Episode 131: The August Offensive: Gallipoli’s Last Great Hope

    In August, the Allies prepared for their largest offensive yet on the Gallipoli Peninsula. This was intended to be the decisive breakthrough that would break the deadlock and end the stalemate once and for all. The plan involved a new landi
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23. 1. Juni

    Episode 130: Why the Allies Failed at Krithia — Gallipoli’s Fatal Mistake

    Four miles from the beaches of Gallipoli stood a small village called Krithia. Allied commanders believed it could be captured in a single day. Instead, thousands of British, French, Australian and New Zealand troops would die trying to rea
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24. 25. Mai

    Episode 129: What Was It Really Like to Survive Gallipoli?

    Have you ever wondered what it was actually like to survive in the trenches of the Gallipoli Front in the First World War? Not the battles we read about in textbooks, but the heat, the flies, the constant shellfire, and only metres from the
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25. 18. Mai

    Episode 128: The Real Black Day of the German Army? | Soissons 1918

    In July 1918, the German spring offensives had reached their high watermark, and it was time for the French army to strike back. This is the story of the Battle of Soissons, the largest French tank attack of the entire First World War and a
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26. 11. Mai

    Episode 127: From 1915 Newsreels to Mel Gibson - The Evolution of Gallipoli Movies

    In this episode, Spencer is joined by Professor Mark Connelly, a renowned expert in military and cultural history, to explore the cinematic legacy of the Gallipoli Campaign. From the earliest newsreels of 1915 to the monumental impact of Pe
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27. 4. Mai

    Episode 126: Gallipoli 1915 - France's Forgotten Battle

    In 1915, France sent an army to Gallipoli. Few in the English speaking world know this, and few in France remember their efforts. In this episode, we recover the forgotten story of the French contribution to the campaign. The landing on the
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28. 27. Apr.

    Episode 125: Gallipoli 1915: What Really Happened at Anzac Cove?

    In 1915, Anzac troops landed on the rugged coastline of Gallipoli in an attempt to break the Ottoman defences from the north. What they encountered were steep cliffs, chaos and devastating fire from concealed Turkish positions. This is the
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29. 20. Apr.

    Episode 124: Gallipoli 1915: The Brutal Landing at Helles

    In 1915, allied Forces tried to storm the beaches of Gallipoli and push in land through the heavily fortified ottoman positions. Instead, they faced devastating fire from determined defenders. This is the story of the Hellers landings and t
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30. 13. Apr.

    Episode 123: The Dardanelles Naval Assault: Catastrophe in a Single Day

    In 1915 the allies tried to force their way through one of the most heavily defended waterways in the world - what they found was a deadly combination of mines, artillery and determined Ottoman resistance. This is the story of the doomed at
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