Not So Quiet On The Western Front! | A Battle Guide Production Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

In this week’s episode, the first in a multi-part set, we’ll explore the fascinating story of life on Britain’s Home Front in the Great War with a focus on the enormous impact of the Defence of the Realm Act.Do you like our podcast?

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In this episode we’ll explore the famous story of the war conducted beneath the Western front, From the men who pioneered it, the methods used, and dangers for those on all sides, we’ll study the art of tunnelling and mining in trench warfare.
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In this episode we’ll look at the highly controversial and often much misunderstood story of the frontal assault on the trenches of the Western Front. We’ll consider why and how it happened, if it was as haphazard and pointless as we are commonly led to believe and address the popular belief that allied commanders repeatedly sent brave men, walking, across no-man’s-land in futile attacks against enemy machine guns.
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Why did the armies keep attacking? In this episode, we’ll examine one of the enduring controversies of the First World War - why did the Allies keep attacking the Western Front when all the advantages seemed to lie with the defender? What informed these decisions, were there other options, and how did these choices play out on the battlefield?
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This week, in a particularly geeky episode, Dan and Spencer explore the much understudied and perhaps underappreciated importance of barbed wire on the Western Front. Often overlooked as a minor inconvenience, it did in fact shape much of the story of the First World War.
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This week, Dan and Spencer lift the lid on the remarkable story of Junior Officers on the Western Front. We look at their roles and responsibilities, performance on the battlefield and the incredibly heavy price they paid throughout the war.
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