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. 24 – The First Battle of the Scarpe (Arras) April 1917 – Jim Smithson
Jim Smithson discusses his latest book A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe April 9-14 1917 (Solihull: Hel…
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Ep. 23 – The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence – Paul O’Brien
Military historian Paul O’Brien discusses his new book Havoc on the role and impact of the Auxiliary Division of the Roy…
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Ep. 22 – Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project – Ron McMurray
Ron McMurray from the Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project explains the community based initiative that has bee…
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Ep. 21 – Jutland and the Meaning of Victory – Prof Andrew Lambert
This recording is of a talk given by Professor Andrew Lambert, King’s College London, to the Antrim and Down WFA branch …
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Ep. 20 – Sniping in the Great War – Martin Pegler
Martin Pegler, former Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries, discusses sniping and field-craft in the First …
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Ep. 19 – Animals in the Great War – Lucinda Moore
Lucinda Moore, a picture researcher at the Mary Evans Picture Library, discusses her new book Animals in the Great War (…
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Ep. 18 – Passchendaele – Dr Nick Lloyd
Dr Nick Lloyd, from King’s College London, discusses the Battle of Third Ypres and his new book Passchendaele, A New His…
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Ep. 17 – Psychological survival in the trenches – Dr Peter Hodgkinson
Clinical psychologist Dr Peter Hodgkinson discusses his latest book Glum Heroes (published by Helion & Co.) on how s…
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Ep. 16 – The Myths of the Irish at Messines – Dr Tim Bowman
Dr Tim Bowman, University of Kent, gives a guest lecture at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast to m…
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Ep. 15 – The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders – Piet Chielens from In …
Piet Chielens, the Coordinator of the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, gives a guest lecture at the Public Record Off…
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Ep. 14 – General Fox Conner and the American Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Steven Raba…
Steven Rabalais talks about his biography of General Fox Conner (published by Casemate) who was the American Expeditiona…
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Ep. 13 – The Great War tea stall at Peterborough East Station
Beverly Jones, from Peterborough Archives Service, talks about the research into two visitors’ books from a tea stall ru…
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