Pär Sundström, bass player in the Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton, talks about their new album, the Great War, inspired by the First World War, and the fundraising the band has done for the Heugh Battery Museum (http://www.heughbattery.co.uk/) in Hartlepool.
Ep128 – Serbia in the Great War – Dr Samuel Foster
Dr Samuel Foster, Visiting Academic in the School of History, University of East Anglia, talks about Serbia in the Great War.
Ep127 – The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion – Emile Coetzee
Emile Coetzee, from North West University in South Africa, talks about the 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion.
Ep126 – The First World War in Computer Games – Dr Chris Kempshall
Dr Chris Kempshall, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Army Leadership, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, talks about his book on The First World War in Computer Games. This was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015. Use the following token on palgrave.com (qj9JE7Czmn4DJFq) to get a 20% discount. Valid 2.9.19 to 30.9.19.
Ep125 – The 1914-5 Campaign in German SW Africa – Antonio Garcia
Antonio Garcia talks about his recent book on the South African campaign against German South West Africa in 1914/5 (published by Helion).
Ep124 – Archibald Wavell – William Franklin
William Franklin talks about the First World War career of Archibald Wavell.
Ep123 – British veterans’ responses to Peace Day, 19 July 1919 – Mike Hally
Mike Hally, PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, discusses his research into veterans’ response to Peace Day that was held on 19 July 1919.
Ep122 – The Welsh Walter Mitty – Marietta Crichton Stuart
Marietta Crichton Stuart talks about Percy Shuttlewood, who served in her grandfather’s battalion during the Great War and she describes as the ‘Welsh Walter Mitty’.
Ep121 – Communications and British Operations on the Western Front – Dr Brian Hall
Dr Brian Hall, Programme Leader at the University of Salford, talks about his book on communications and operations on the Western Front during the Great War (published by CUP).
Ep120 – Popular responses to the outbreak of WW1 – Prof Catriona Pennell
Prof Catriona Pennell, from the University of Exeter, talks about her book on the popular responses to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 (published by OUP).