Old Front Line Podcast
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A First World War #podcast hosted by Military Historian, Paul Reed.
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Chinese Labour Corps & Shot at Dawn: Poperinghe in WW1
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Chinese Labour Corps & Shot at Dawn: Poperinghe in #WW1. The latest Old Front Line video now on YouTube.
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The fighting at Cambrai was reaching a peak #OTD in 1917, especially around the village of Gouzeaucourt. Discovered more on the @oldfrontline.bsky.social Channel:
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Cambrai 1917: Gouzeaucourt Battlefields
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December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The fighting at Cambrai was reaching a peak #OTD in 1917, especially around the village of Gouzeaucourt. Discovered more on the @oldfrontline.bsky.social Channel:
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In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we explore what “Downland” really means in #WW1 history & landscape, how the Lewis Gun & its sections worked, the influence of the Franco-Prussian War, and the differences in British & Commonwealth WW1 medals.
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Questions and Answers Episode 41
In this episode, we unpack the meaning and origins of the term Downland, and explore how this distinctive landscape helps us better understand the geography and terrain of the First World…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we explore what “Downland” really means in #WW1 history & landscape, how the Lewis Gun & its sections worked, the influence of the Franco-Prussian War, and the differences in British & Commonwealth WW1 medals.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/29/q...
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Thanks to @oldfrontline.bsky.social for mentioning our Lewis Gun book in today’s episode of the podcast. Glad it was so useful.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thanks to @oldfrontline.bsky.social for mentioning our Lewis Gun book in today’s episode of the podcast. Glad it was so useful.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.
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In a special @oldfrontline.bsky.social Jon Gedling of the CWGC joins us to discuss the care of #WW1 cemeteries in France & Belgium: the “black spot” issue, evolving maintenance, recent findings & how visitors can help.
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Caring For The Silent Cities
In this special edition, we’re joined by Jon Gedling, Director of Estates for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to discuss the challenges and responsibilities involved in caring for…
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November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In a special @oldfrontline.bsky.social Jon Gedling of the CWGC joins us to discuss the care of #WW1 cemeteries in France & Belgium: the “black spot” issue, evolving maintenance, recent findings & how visitors can help.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/22/c...
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The Death of WW1 Poet Wilfred Owen - the latest video on the Old Front Line YouTube Channel:
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WW1 War Poet Wilfred Owen: where he fell in November 1918
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November 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Death of WW1 Poet Wilfred Owen - the latest video on the Old Front Line YouTube Channel:
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In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we explore some lesser known battlefields on the Western Front, what happened to captured trenches, the rise of AI in military history of #WW1 & whether Great War generals were butchers or brilliant.
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Questions and Answers Episode 40
In this 40th Questions and Answers episode, we explore some of the lesser-known battlefields of the Western Front, uncovering places where traces of the First World War fig…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we explore some lesser known battlefields on the Western Front, what happened to captured trenches, the rise of AI in military history of #WW1 & whether Great War generals were butchers or brilliant.
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Thanks to all who joined me for an @oldfrontline.bsky.social Supporters Evening where we discussed the Official Images of the Battle of Messines in June 1917.
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thanks to all who joined me for an @oldfrontline.bsky.social Supporters Evening where we discussed the Official Images of the Battle of Messines in June 1917.
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In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we discuss:
- How big is the 'Zone Rouge' today?
- Was morphine use in the trenches ever misused?
- When did British and Canadian troops first get steel helmets?
- Which #WW1 slang terms are still in use today?
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- How big is the 'Zone Rouge' today?
- Was morphine use in the trenches ever misused?
- When did British and Canadian troops first get steel helmets?
- Which #WW1 slang terms are still in use today?
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Questions and Answers Episode 39
In this episode we ask what is the current size of the ‘Zone Rouge’ and are there plans to clear it? We then look at the use of morphine to treat pain and was this misused? We then look…
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November 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we discuss:
- How big is the 'Zone Rouge' today?
- Was morphine use in the trenches ever misused?
- When did British and Canadian troops first get steel helmets?
- Which #WW1 slang terms are still in use today?
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/01/q...
- How big is the 'Zone Rouge' today?
- Was morphine use in the trenches ever misused?
- When did British and Canadian troops first get steel helmets?
- Which #WW1 slang terms are still in use today?
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/01/q...
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Very pleased that the BBC will be specially re-showing my first ever TV programme ‘Forgotten Battlefield’ made in 2001 by John Hayes Fisher about the work of The Diggers at Ypres. BBC4 6th November at 19.30:
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BBC Two - Meet the Ancestors, Series 5, The Forgotten Battlefield
Life on the World War I front line near Ypres is pieced together by archaeologists.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Very pleased that the BBC will be specially re-showing my first ever TV programme ‘Forgotten Battlefield’ made in 2001 by John Hayes Fisher about the work of The Diggers at Ypres. BBC4 6th November at 19.30:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social QnAs we look at:
- Was there only one “Hill 80”?
- How did armies supply millions of men in #WW1?
- Did regiments fight with multiple battalions at the front at once?
- Who were the “whippers-in” at the front line?
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- Was there only one “Hill 80”?
- How did armies supply millions of men in #WW1?
- Did regiments fight with multiple battalions at the front at once?
- Who were the “whippers-in” at the front line?
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Questions and Answers Episode 38
In this latest QnA episode, we tackle a fresh set of listener questions about the First World War, ranging from battlefield geography to the realities of supply and discipline at the front. We star…
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October 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social QnAs we look at:
- Was there only one “Hill 80”?
- How did armies supply millions of men in #WW1?
- Did regiments fight with multiple battalions at the front at once?
- Who were the “whippers-in” at the front line?
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/18/q...
- Was there only one “Hill 80”?
- How did armies supply millions of men in #WW1?
- Did regiments fight with multiple battalions at the front at once?
- Who were the “whippers-in” at the front line?
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/18/q...
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Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we are joined by @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social to discuss the offensive of September 1915.
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Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle
In a special episode we are joined by Professor Peter Doyle who delivered this talk on Loos at a Podcast Supporters Evening for the 110th Anniversary of the battle last month. Peter’s new edi…
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October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we are joined by @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social to discuss the offensive of September 1915.
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Remembering the Forgotten Front
Podcast Episode · The Old Front Line · 09/27/2025 · 1h 7m
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October 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Remembering the Forgotten Front: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social for the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos we make an overview of the 'Forgotten Front' in Northern France and discover the history, landscape and stories of those who fought there.
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Remembering the Forgotten Front
What was the “Forgotten Front” of Northern France? In this episode, we explore the stretch of battlefield from Armentières on the Belgian border through La Bassée to the ground near Loos,…
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September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Remembering the Forgotten Front: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social for the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos we make an overview of the 'Forgotten Front' in Northern France and discover the history, landscape and stories of those who fought there.
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#Loos110: It's the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos which took place #OTD in 1915. Discover more about the battle with this episode of @oldfrontline.bsky.social with a new one on the Forgotten Front coming this weekend.
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Loos 1915 in a Day
In this episode, we feature another Battlefield In A Day and visit the area around the Northern French coal-mining village of Loos-en-Gohelle where the Battle of Loos was fought in September-Octobe…
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September 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#Loos110: It's the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos which took place #OTD in 1915. Discover more about the battle with this episode of @oldfrontline.bsky.social with a new one on the Forgotten Front coming this weekend.
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Questions & Answers Episode 36: in the latest
@oldfrontline.bsky.social we answer questions about what happened to German forces at the end of the war, how the dead were buried, poison gas and the fate of all those War Horses at the close of the conflict.
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@oldfrontline.bsky.social we answer questions about what happened to German forces at the end of the war, how the dead were buried, poison gas and the fate of all those War Horses at the close of the conflict.
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Questions and Answers Episode 36
In our first QnA Episode for Season 9 we look at what happened to the German forces when the guns went silent on 11th November 1918, discuss the use of poison gas and it’s legacy on the battl…
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September 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Questions & Answers Episode 36: in the latest
@oldfrontline.bsky.social we answer questions about what happened to German forces at the end of the war, how the dead were buried, poison gas and the fate of all those War Horses at the close of the conflict.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/09/20/q...
@oldfrontline.bsky.social we answer questions about what happened to German forces at the end of the war, how the dead were buried, poison gas and the fate of all those War Horses at the close of the conflict.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/09/20/q...
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In our first episode for Season 9 of @oldfrontline.bsky.social we walk the battlefield at Gommecourt, looking at the fighting here on 1st July 1916.
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Walking the Somme: Gommecourt
In our first episode of Season 9, we walk the northern part of the Somme battlefield from Foncquevillers out to the ground before Gommecourt, and examine the attack here by the 46th (North Midland)…
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September 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In our first episode for Season 9 of @oldfrontline.bsky.social we walk the battlefield at Gommecourt, looking at the fighting here on 1st July 1916.
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August 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Chinese Labour Corps & Shot at Dawn: Poperinghe in #WW1. The latest Old Front Line video now on YouTube.
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Chinese Labour Corps & Shot at Dawn: Poperinghe in WW1
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August 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Chinese Labour Corps & Shot at Dawn: Poperinghe in #WW1. The latest Old Front Line video now on YouTube.
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The Devonshires Held This Trench: the latest Old Front Line Video now on #YouTube: youtu.be/WOKVVBWy6C0?...
The Devonshires Held This Trench: The Story Behind a Somme Tragedy
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July 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The Devonshires Held This Trench: the latest Old Front Line Video now on #YouTube: youtu.be/WOKVVBWy6C0?...
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Above the Battlefield: Royal Flying Corps & RAF in WW1: in the start of a special Old Front Line #podcast War in the Air Month, we begin with an overview of the RFC & RAF on the Western Front in #WW1.
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Above the Battlefield: Royal Flying Corps & RAF in WW1
For the start of our War in the Air Month, we begin with a look at the real story of the ‘Twenty Minuters’, the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in the First World War. We look at…
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July 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Above the Battlefield: Royal Flying Corps & RAF in WW1: in the start of a special Old Front Line #podcast War in the Air Month, we begin with an overview of the RFC & RAF on the Western Front in #WW1.
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Air War Month starts this Saturday on the Old Front Line #podcast with an introductory episode followed by interviews with @1940andy.bsky.social & Josh Levine followed by a special QnA & an Episode looking at what we find of the RFC/RAF on the battlefields today. [click on image for schedule!]
July 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Air War Month starts this Saturday on the Old Front Line #podcast with an introductory episode followed by interviews with @1940andy.bsky.social & Josh Levine followed by a special QnA & an Episode looking at what we find of the RFC/RAF on the battlefields today. [click on image for schedule!]
Tanks & Trenches: Canada Attacks at Courcelette September 1916. The latest Old Front Line #YouTube video is out now:
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Tanks & Trenches: Canada Attacks at Courcelette September 1916
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June 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Tanks & Trenches: Canada Attacks at Courcelette September 1916. The latest Old Front Line #YouTube video is out now:
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Ypres Battlefield in Unseen Photos from the 1950s-60s. One of our latest videos over on the Old Front Line #YouTube Channel:
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Ypres Battlefields in Unseen Photos from the 1950s–60s
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June 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ypres Battlefield in Unseen Photos from the 1950s-60s. One of our latest videos over on the Old Front Line #YouTube Channel:
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