A podcast on all aspects of the Great War from the UK's leading First World War history society The Western Front Association.
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2025-02-15 | In this episode of Mentioned in Dispatches, historian Simon Batten discusses his book Futile Exercise?: The British Armyβs Preparations for War 1902-1914. Simon explores the British Army's pre-war manoeuvres, training exercises and attempts to learn fr... |
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2025-02-01 |
Ep348 β Irish republican women in Ulster, 1914-1922 β Dr Margaret Ward In this episode of Mentioned in Dispatches, Dr Margaret Ward, Honorary Senior Lecturer in History at Queenβs University Belfast, talks about her latest book Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim, 1914β1924. In the interview, Dr... |
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2024-12-16 |
Ep347 βΒ The 8th Bn, West Surrey Regt β Prof. Ian Isherwood In this episode, we are honoured to speak with Dr Ian Isherwood, a historian, scholar, and author of the newly released book The Battalion: Citizen Soldiers at War on the Western Front. Dr Isherwood provides a deeply researched and heartfelt account of... |
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2024-12-01 |
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2024-11-15 |
Ep345 β Legacy of shellshock after the GW β Dr Stefanie Linden |
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2024-11-01 |
Ep344 β Comparing the Retreats, 1914 & 1940 β Prof. Gary Sheffield In this episode, weβre joined by Professor Gary Sheffield, President of the Western Front Association, to explore his latest research comparing the British retreats of 1914 and 1940. Drawing from his forthcoming book on the British Army in both World W... |
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2024-10-15 | Author David L. Preston discusses his debut novel "Unknown Soldier: World War 1".Β Published by Azalea City Publishing LLC in June 2024, this historical fiction book that follows the story of James Reynolds, a young man from Thomasville, Alabama, who e... |
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2024-10-01 |
Ep342 β Defence of the Suez Canal, 1914-15 β Dr Adam Prime |
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2024-09-15 |
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