Dr Tom Thorpe

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A podcast hosted by Dr Tom Thorpe on all aspects of the Great War from the UK's leading First World War history society The Western Front Association (www.westernfrontassociation.com).

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Dr Tom Thorpe

Episodes

Ep287 – The Bucks village of Lee in the GW – Dr Michael Senior 06.02.2023 29:33

Ep286 – Cathal Burgha – Dr Daithí Ó Corráin and Dr Gerard Hanley 30.01.2023 1:14:21

Ep285 – Sir Douglas Haig – Prof. John Bourne 23.01.2023 41:47

Ep284 – King George V in WW1 – Prof Heather Jones 16.01.2023 41:47

Ep283 – Frank Brangwyn’s Great War art – Libby Horner 09.01.2023 15:09

Ep282 – Drill, training, and discipline in WW1 – Harry Sanderson 01.01.2023 52:13

Ep281 – Cricket during the Great War – John Broom 05.12.2022 20:02

Ep280 – Conscript morale in 1918 – Tim Lynch 28.11.2022 24:53

Ep279 – The Bucks Battalion in the Great War – Prof Ian Beckett 21.11.2022 38:22

Ep278 – Hanham – Andrew Wood 14.11.2022 20:21

Ep277 – The Friendly Invasion of Lewes in 1914 – Jonathan Vernon 07.11.2022 24:58

Ep276a – Walking the Western Front Way – Sir Anthony Seldon 03.11.2022 23:21

Ep276 – The assassination of Sir Henry Wilson – Ronan McGreevy 31.10.2022 26:08

Ep275 – Managing boredom in Salonika amongst British troops – Jake Gasson 24.10.2022 24:05

Ep274 – Fishermen’s involvement in the Great War – Dr Robb Robinson 17.10.2022 28:34

Ep273 – The German Army in October 1918 – Katherine Quinlan-Flatter 10.10.2022 33:05

Ep272 – The political and social history of Ireland in WW1 – Dr Niamh Gallagher & Prof Richard Grayson 03.10.2022 1:01:37

Ep271 – Children and childhood in WW1 – Dr Viv Newman 26.09.2022 33:09

Ep270 – Gas Warfare during WW1 – Rocky Salmon 19.09.2022 51:04

Ep269 – The Netherlands during WW1 – Pauline Onderwater 12.09.2022 24:33

Ep268 – Richard Aldington and the Great War – Dr Viv Whelpton 05.09.2022 20:54

Ep267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-8 – Dr Alex Mayhew 08.08.2022 56:36

Ep266 – The US 103rd Regiment in WW1 – Jonathan Bratten 01.08.2022 50:22

Ep265 – The Indian Army in WW1 – Dr Andrew Jarboe 25.07.2022 44:59

Ep264 – 1917, The Darkest Year – Dr Spencer Jones 18.07.2022 32:02

Dr Spencer Jones talks about The Darkest Year, a collection of essays he edited on the British Army fighting on the Western Front in 1917 during the Great War. The volume covers a wide range of subjects including grand strategy, tactical development and training, maintenance of morale and the importance of intelligence gathering. It also includes insightful studies of crucial battles and engagemen...