Footsteps of the fallen

Matt Dixon
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Footsteps of the fallen

A journey through the Great War

  1. 23 FÉVR.

    Hohenzollern

    Send us a text Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast. Today, we walk the battlefield around the area of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, the formidable German strongpoint located on the battlefield at Loos, which was attacked by the 9th Scottish Division on the opening day of the battle of 25th September 1915. Fighting continued until the middle of October when men of the 46th Midland Division tried and failed to retake the redoubt. What happened here, and what can be seen when you wal...

    1 h 1 min

  2. 9 FÉVR.

    Trench Talk - Chris Sams and the Battle of Jutland

    Send us a text Welcome to the first Trench Talk of Season 7! It's a real pleasure to be joined by naval historian and writer Chris Sams as we talk about the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The long-awaited showdown between the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine turned into an unexpectedly bad day for the British. We look at what happened that afternoon off the coast of Denmark and talk about other naval matters in this fascinating and wide-ranging conversation. Chris' book on the German n...

    1 h 3 min

  3. 26 JANV.

    "I can't find the damned things!" - Ploegsteert to Le Gheer

    Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of 2025! Today, we head to Belgium and walk a less-trodden route south of Plugstreet Wood towards the hamlet of Le Gheer. From the village of Ploegsteert, we head south and east across the farmer's fields to discover the long-lost history of this part of the battlefield. These seemingly bare fields tell the story of the rank and file of the Allied infantry who fought and died in this so-called quiet sector of the front. There is m...

    1 h

  4. 31/12/2024

    Out of money and out of luck - life beyond the trenches

    Send us a text Welcome to the final episode of 2024! One of the great misnomers of WW1 is that soldiers spent all their time in the trenches fighting. Fighting battles took up a tiny amount of soldiers' time, so what did soldiers do when not in the line? In this episode, we look at life behind the lines, where soldiers had the opportunity to spend their pay on treats to make soldiering more bearable. Many soldiers indulged in the age-old vices of women and gambling; gambling was techn...

    1 h 2 min

  5. 08/12/2024

    Feeding Tommy

    Send us a text A famous saying asserts that an army marches on its stomach, and in this episode, we examine food and drink for men on the front line. The challenge of feeding an army was immense, and the war office employed science to calculate the exact calorific intake needed by a soldier to survive. Feeding the men was one thing; feeding them something palatable was something else. We look at trench rations, from the infamous Army Biscuits to cans of "dog vomit," and see that the ...

    58 min

  6. 24/11/2024

    Liquid fire

    Send us a text In the early hours of the 30th July 1915, men of the Rifle Brigade and Kings Royal Rifle Corps were attacked near Hooge by German soldiers using a new and appalling weapon of war - liquid fire. The subsequent counter-attack that afternoon by the British was a military disaster that could have been avoided had the protests of senior commanders in the line been listened to. We examine what happened that day, discover the story of the man who won the first VC for the new ar...

    1 h 9 min

  7. 27/10/2024

    He is not missing, he is here.

    Send us a text Welcome to this latest episode, in which we explore the history behind one of the world's great monuments, the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in the Belgian city of Ypres. We hear the history of the Last Post, look at the famous lions and their connection to Australia, hear the stories of some of the dead, and contemplate what makes this an iconic place of remembrance. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/footstepsofthefallen https://www.buymeacoffee.com/footsteps...

    1 h 8 min

  8. 13/10/2024

    I can't say my prayers on a stolen carpet..

    Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode! In today's episode, we look at the role played by Army Chaplains during the Great War. Responsible for the spiritual and personal welfare of soldiers, the Chaplain was a source of great comfort for men during the hell of trench warfare. We look at the history of the Army Chaplain Department and discover the massively important role that Chaplains had in the lives of men at war and meet some of them, including the famous Woodbine Willie, "Tubby" ...

    1 h 20 min
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A journey through the Great War

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  • Création
    Matt Dixon
  • Années d’activité
    2020 - 2025
  • Épisodes
    169
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    © 2025 Footsteps of the fallen
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