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. 69 – The German 1918 Spring Offensives – Dr Jonathan Boff
Dr Jonathan Boff, University of Birmingham, gives a lecture on the German Spring Offensives which...
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Ep. 68 – The British Manpower Crisis of 1918 – Dr Alison Hines
Dr Alison Hines, gives a lecture on the British Manpower Crisis of 1918; this talk was given at T...
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Ep. 67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley
Anne Buckley, Lecturer in Translation Studies and German at Leeds University, talks about transla...
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Ep. 66 – The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu – Kenneth C. Davis
Author Kenneth C. Davis talks about his latest book on the hidden history of the Spanish Flu duri...
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Ep. 65 – Major Discoveries on the Western Front – David Tattersfield
Western Front Association trustee David Tattersfield talks about his detective work in France to...
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Ep. 64 – The London Irish in the Great War – Richard O’Sullivan
Richard O’Sullivan, Assistant Curator at the London Irish Rifles Association, talks about the Lon...
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Ep. 63 – Blockade, economic warfare and the use of hunger during the Gre...
Sir Hew Strachan, patron of The Western Front Association and Professor of International Relation...
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Ep. 62 – King George V during the Great War – Alexandra Churchill
TV historian and author Alexandra Churchill talks about research for her forthcoming book on King...
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Ep. 61 – D.H. Lawrence and the Great War – Dr Andrew Humphries
Dr Andrew Humphries, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, talks on D.H. Lawren...
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Ep. 60 – Wherever the firing line extends – Ronan McGreevy
Irish Times Journalist Ronan McGreevy about his book Wherever the Firing line Extends, published...
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Ep. 59 – British Widows of the First World War – Andrea Hetherington
Andrea Hetherington talks about her new book British Widows of the First World War (published Pen...
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Ep. 58 – Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker
Dr Linda Parker talks about her new book (published by Helion and Co) on Geoffrey Studdert Kenned...
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