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Ep. 128 – Serbia in the Great War – Dr Samuel Foster
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Dr Samuel Foster, Visiting Academic in the School of History, University of East Anglia, talks about Serbia in the Great War. Your browser does not support the audio element.
ONLINE : Amazing Medical Women – The Scottish Women’s Hospital with Dr John Sorrell
To be presented as a Zoom meeting. Our next talk, moved from September to October, is by Dr John Sorrell. This will be the third talk he has given us, all on a medical theme. His previous talks were ‘From the Front to Home Hospital’ and ‘The Madonnas of Pervyse’; both very well received. This month’s talk, ‘Amazing Medical Women’, is about the...
Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of War, 1914 - Michael S. Neiberg
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336 pages Belknap Press Publication Date: 10/14/2013 ISBN 9780674725935 ‘Dance of the Furies’ by Michael S Neiberg is a definitive social history of Europe leading up to the outbreak of world war, its initial spasms and the first months of the conflict. ‘Dance of the Furies’ is a comprehensive academic study into the lives of those who were liv...
Ep.261a – In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War – Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy
In this special podcast, Dr Tom Thorpe talks to historian and photographer Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy about the launch of his book In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War. Your browser does not support the audio element. The two-v...
In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War from Sarajevo to Versailles VOL I by Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy
Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy, Hungary’s Ambassador to France, ambitiously aims to ‘help prevent the Third World War’ with his book, ‘In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War from Sarajevo to Versailles VOL I.’ He believes that by understanding the reasons and consequences of the First World War, we can gain insights into all wars, including the...
'Misfire: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Winding Road to World War 1' by Paul Miller-Melamed
Oxford University Press, 2022
£22.99 Hardback
194 pages, 32 images, 4 maps.
ISBN 9780195331042.
It is sometimes said that ‘there is a reason for everything’ and for a world changing event as impactful and far–reaching as the First World War then the quest for a root cause takes on a particular urgency. Whilst the expansive histography on this...
‘Eight women and a boy - Serbia in the Great War’ with John Chester
John Chester's talk examines the fighting in Serbia from the start of the Great War to the ‘great winter retreat’ and considers the brave exploits of eight women and a boy. IMAGE: King Peter of Serbia (right) in conversation with Nikola Pasic, the Serbian Prime Minister (left). German First World War Official Exchange Collection IWM Q 70783 CC B...
The Life and Times of Kaiser Wilhelm II by Gerry White
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During the Great War, many people considered the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, to be the embodiment of Prussian militarism and the Supreme War Lord who directed Germany’s military campaigns during the conflict. But how much of this picture is true? In this presentation, Gerry White looks at the Kaiser’s life and times. The topics covered in...