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Hosted by Paul Reed · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 305 episodes
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Walk the battlefields of the First World War with Military Historian, Paul Reed. In these podcasts, Paul brings together over 40 years of studying the Great War, from the stories of veterans he interviewed, to when he spent more than a decade living on the Old Front Line in the heart of the Somme battlefields.
Paul Reed hosts The Old Front Line, a history show with 305 episodes published.
For our final Bonus Episode before Season 10 begins in September, we look at a rare Roll of Honour for the Gravesend and Dartford area of Kent, and discuss the whole history of these Rolls of Honour and then look through
How do you find the hidden story of the First World War landscape? In this special bonus episode of The Old Front Line , we explore the fascinating world of WW1 trench maps and discover how they can transform your unders
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast , we answer another fascinating collection of listener questions that explore the people, places and practical realities of the First World War. We begin by asking why visito
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast , we explore one of the most successful British attacks of the Battle of the Somme: the Dawn Attack of 14 July 1916 . Launched before first light, the assault captured key ob
In this Questions and Answers episode we head beneath the battlefields to explore the hidden world of First World War dugouts and bunkers , asking whether the Ypres Salient saw more extensive underground construction tha
For our 300th Episode we reflect on six years of the Old Front Line Podcast and go back to where we started in March 2020 by retaking a virtual walk through the battlefields and village of Pozières on the Somme. We start
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast, we answer another fascinating selection of listener questions covering some of the most intriguing aspects of the First World War. We begin by exploring the formidable Germa
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast , we continue our exploration of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 by examining the southern sector of the British attack. Travelling across the battlefields of Mametz
On the morning of 1st July 1916 , as whistles blew along miles of the Somme front, the men of the III Corps and XV Corps rose from their trenches and walked into the centre of one of the most catastrophic days in British
In this latest Questions & Answers episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we tackle another fascinating collection of listener questions that uncover some of the lesser-known aspects of the First World War. We begin by e
In the first of a three-part series marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, we explore the fighting in the northern sector of the battlefield on 1 July 1916. This episode examines the attacks at Serre,
For this episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we open the virtual mailbag once again for another Questions & Answers special covering some fascinating and lesser-known aspects of the First World War. From observation b
In this special edition of the podcast we explore a lesser-known theatre of conflict from the First World War in Northern Italy with historian Tom Isitt . Tom's new book - Thunder in the Mountains - follows a journey he
In this wide-ranging listener Q&A episode of Old Front Line, we dive into some intriguing and human questions thrown up by the Great War. We begin with the fate of the missing . With hundreds of thousands of men listed a
Step into one of the most chaotic and little-known battles of the First World War in 1916 with this episode of The Old Front Line, as we explore the Battle of the St Eloi Craters (March–April 1916) . Fought in the shatte
Step back from the battlefield and into the questions that bring the Great War to life in this special Q&A episode. Drawing on years of battlefield exploration and historical research, we tackle four fascinating listener
With a special edition for ANZAC Day, in this insightful interview, playwright Arthur Meek discusses his project to bring to life the voices of Gallipoli veterans through oral histories and verbatim theatre. The conversa
In this in-depth Questions & Answers episode of The Old Front Line, we tackle four fascinating listener questions exploring the aftermath and realities of the First World War. We begin in the Ypres Salient, examining how
In this special episode with Professor Mark Connelly we explore the profound connection between landscape, memory, and national identity during the Great War, focusing on the significance of chalk landscapes in Britain a
We are now 50 Q&As in, and the questions keep getting better, sharper, and more human! This milestone edition of The Old Front Line is built around four listener prompts that take us from the small, intimate scale of one
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The Old Front Line is hosted by Paul Reed. The show is categorised under history (education) and has published 305 episodes.
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