The Western Front Association's podcasts are an eclectic mix of themed interviews with experts in their particular fields which shine a light into areas of the first world war which are sometimes overlooked
Ep. 168 – Operation Alias – David Tattersfield
David Tattersfield, Development Trustee of the WFA, talks about Operation Alias, a project by the WFA to identify men wh…
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Ep. 167 – Women as Veterans in post-WW1 France and Britain – Prof. Alison Fell
Professor Alison Fell, Professor of French Cultural History at the University of Leeds, talks about her recent book on w…
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Ep. 166 – Washington in the GW – Peter Welsh
Peter Welsh talks about his research into the community of Washington during the Great War. …
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Ep. 165 – The Great War Centenary Battlefields programme – Simon Bendry
Simon Bendry, the former Programme Director of the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme based at Univer…
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Ep. 164 – The First Gurkha Officer – Pratap Chhetri
Pratap Chhetri talks about his research into Rana Jodha Jung Bahadur, the first Gurkha officer in the British Army durin…
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Ep. 163 – Tom Barry – British WW1 soldier to IRA leader – Gerry White
Gerry White, Chair of the Cork branch of the WFA, talks about his research into Tom Barry, who was a British soldier in …
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Ep. 162 – Combat, identity and power in the Indian Army during WW1 – Prof. Kate Imy
Kate Imy, Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas, talks about her recent book Faithful Fighters…
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Ep. 161 – Civilian Internment in WW1 – Prof Matthew Stibbe
Professor Matthew Stibbe, Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University about his book on civilian…
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Ep. 160 – The 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in FWW – Nigel Atter
Historian Nigel Atter talks about his book on the Great War service of the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. This …
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Ep. 159 – The 2nd Inniskillings at Festubert, 1915 – Michael Nugent
Michael Nugent talks about his recent book into the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the 1915 Battle of Fe…
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Ep. 158 - The German Zeppelin Offensive and Propaganda – David Marks
David Marks talks about his recent book on the German Zeppelin Offensive as documented in propaganda, postcards and pict…
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Ep. 157 – Responses of Irish Jesuits to the end of WW1 – Damien Burke
Damien Burke, archivist at the Irish Jesuit Archives, talks about his research into the responses of Irish Jesuits to th…
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