Barrister and author Harry Potter talks about his research into the life and military career of prison reformer Sir Alexander Paterson.
Ep219 – The Wartime Career of Prison Reformer Alexander Paterson – Harry Potter
Ep218 – Hertfordshire in the GW – Dan Hill & Paul Johnson
Historian Dan Hill and Paul Johnson talk about their book that looks at the stories and experience of Hertfordshire residents and soldiers during the Great War. This book is published by Frontline Books.
Book Review – George Raugh, Unlikely Warrior A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army (New York: Macmillan, 2015)
George Raugh served as a telegraphist in the communications section of the 2nd Battalion,158th Infantry Regiment, 282nd Division of the Wehrmacht.[1] He saw service in western Ukraine and Romania from December 1943 until his capture by the Russians in August 1944. His story is remarkable as he was one-quarter Jewish and under German race laws […]
Ep217 – The Great War in the Argonne Forest – Richard Merry
Author Richard Merry talks about his latest book on the Great War in the Argonne Forest. This book is published by Pen and Sword.
Ep216 – Equipment and clothes of the RFC – Mark Hillier
Author and pilot Mark Hillier about talks his latest book on the equipment and clothes of the RFC Great War. This book is published by Pen and Sword.
Ep215 – The Assam Rifles in the FWW – Pratap Chhetri
Historian Pratap Chettri talks about his research into the Assam Rifles in the Great War.
Book Review – Helmut Pabst, The Outermost Frontier (London: William Kimber, 1986)
The Outermost Frontier is a transcription of series of letters sent by Helmut Pabst during his service in the 129th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front from the start of Operation Barbarossa to his death on 6th September 1943. Pabst was born in 1911 and before the war was a law student.[1] He started the […]
Ep214 – The Anglo-Jewish Experience of the Great War
Historian Dr Edward Madigan, Senior Lecturer in Public History, Royal Holloway, University of London, talks about his research into the experience of British Jewish communities during the Great War.
Ep213 – General Sir Herbert Lawrence – Dr Paul Harris
Historian Dr Paul Harris about his recent book on the life and career of General Sir Herbert Lawrence. This book is published by Helion and Co.
Ep212 – Lt Col John Sherwood Kelly VC – Philip Bujak
Author Philip Bujak talks about his latest book on John Sherwood Kelly DSO VC and his career and action-filled life during and after the Great War. This book is published by Pen & Sword.
Ep211 – Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson – Dr John Spencer
Dr John Spencer talks about his recent work on the influence and career of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson during the Great War. This book is published by Helion and Co.
Ep210 – Major General Oliver Nugent – Nicholas Perry
Historian Nick Perry about talks about his recent book on the life and Great War career of Major General Oliver Nugent. This book is published by the Ulster History Forum.
Ep209 – Ep209 – Irish Women during the GW – Dr Fionnuala Walsh
Dr Fionnuala Walsh, lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, talks about her recent book Irish women during the Great War. This is published by CUP.
Book Review: Gottlob Bidermann, In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier’s Memoir of the Eastern Front (Kansas: University of Kansas, 2000)
Reading the marketing blurb on the flap copy for this book, it appeared to promise little more than a Sven Hassle action novel. The first paragraph tells that ‘in the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Herbert Bidermann served in that lethal theater from […]
Ep208 – Kitchener – Man not Myth – Dr Anne Samson
Dr Anne Samson talks about her recent book on Field Marshall Lord Kitchener. This is published by Helion.
Ep207a – CWGC War Graves Week 2021 – Simon Bendry
Extra edition: Simon Bendry of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission talks about the Commission’s War Graves Week that takes place between 21-28 May 2021. More information is https://www.cwgc.org/our-war-graves-your-history/war-graves-week/
Ep207 – The General Staff – Dr Paul Harris
Historian Dr Paul Harris about his work on the British General Staff during the Great War.
Ep206 – The North Irish Horse – Phillip Tardif
Historian Phillip Tardif talks about his recent book on the North Irish Horse during the Great War. This is published by Pen & Sword.
Book review – Guy Warner, Flying from Malone (Newtownards, NI – Colourpoint Books, 2012)
Flying from Malone is Guy Warner’s history of Belfast’s first airport that operated from 1924-25. The aerodrome was located in the south of the city off the Malone Road on the site now occupied by the Taughsmonagh housing estate. The land for the site was purchased by the council in the early 1920s and flights […]
Ep205 -The Harlem Hellfighters in WW1 – Steven L. Harris
American historian and author Stephen L. Harris talks about his book Harlem’s Hell Fighters which examines the service of the American 369th Infantry Regiment in the Great War. This book is published by Potomac Books.