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

Ep263 – The German colonies in WW1 – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick 11.07.2022 20:45

Ep262 – WW1 Officers facing disgrace in 1920s courtrooms – Dr Frances Hurd 04.07.2022 30:52

Ep261a – In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War – Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy 01.07.2022 16:37

In this special podcast, I talk to historian and photographer Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy about the launch of his book In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War. The two-volume book chronicles and explains the historical events of the Great War through photos taken by the author one hundred years later, between 2014 and 2021, in each and every theatre of this global conflict. Beginn...

Ep261 – Teaching the Great War Kingham Hill School – Donna Saxby & Gareth Williams 27.06.2022 30:09

Ep260 – Subterranean operations in WW1 – Dr Matt Leonard 20.06.2022 40:57

Ep259 – The Boy Scouts during the War – Dr Craig Armstrong 13.06.2022 16:57

Ep258 – Dissent and indiscipline in the Indian Army during WW1 – Dr Adam Prime 06.06.2022 26:42

Ep257 – Visiting the battlefields in France and Belgium – Tom Strickland 30.05.2022 22:57

Ep256 – Fighting at the Battle of the Isonzo on your computer – Jos Hoebe 23.05.2022 22:01

Ep255 – Association Football on the Home Front – Dr Alexander Jackson 16.05.2022 39:28

Ep254 – 1919 Peace Day Mugs & Medals – Giles Penman 09.05.2022 20:16

Ep253 – The Kaiser during the Great War – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick 02.05.2022 30:45

Ep252 – Frank Prewett and the Great War – Prof Joy Porter 25.04.2022 33:21

Ep251 – Debating America’s response to the Great War – Dr Neil Lanctot 18.04.2022 53:05

Ep250pt2 – The Western Front – Prof Nick Lloyd 11.04.2022 23:06

Ep250p1 – Sir Henry Rawlinson – Prof. Robin Prior 11.04.2022 31:07

Ep249 – The Illustrated Chronicle in WW1 – Peter Welsh 04.04.2022 32:49

Ep248 – 2nd line TF divisions in WW1 – Dr Bill Mitchinson 28.03.2022 32:55

Ep247 – The Punjab record project – Dr Gavin Rand 21.03.2022 32:55

Ep246 – Centre for Experimental Archaeology and the Great War – Andy Robertshaw 14.03.2022 21:06

Ep245 – Brian Feeney – Antrim and the Irish Revolution, 1912 – 23 07.03.2022 26:41

Ep244a – The War to End all Wars – Joakim Brodén, Sabaton 04.03.2022 7:42

Swedish heavy metal front man for the band Sabaton Joakim Brodén talks about their 10th album that takes inspiration from the Great War. A War to End All Wars is the second album to use the First World War as its theme. Their first album was The Great War and the podcast interviewed bass player Pär Sundström about this in Ep129. Joakim talks about the inspiration for the album, the ideas for the s...

Ep244 – A legacy of WW1 – Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Hitler – Alex Clifford 28.02.2022 47:03

Ep243 – Discipline in the AIF in WW1 – Prof Peter Stanley 21.02.2022 38:40

Ep242 – Frances Hurd – Sex, violence and alcohol – some after – effects of the Great War 14.02.2022 22:15