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History of the Great War is a weekly podcast that will cover the First World War that occurred from 1914 and 1918. Every week we will be discussing the events that occurred exactly 100 years ago. We will journey from the borders of France in the blistering heat of 1914, to the shores of Gallipoli, t…

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    • 309 EPISODES

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    Revisited 10: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - The Approach of War

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 40:04


    In which we discuss how the British and Germans approached the war, arms limitation treaties, and the growing budget crises of 1913. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Great War. History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 9: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - War Plans

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 35:55


    Cool fleets, what were they going to do with them? Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Great War. History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 15: The U-boat War off North America with Dominic Etzold

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 37:20


    More info about Reaping the Whirlwind: https://www.etzold.online/home-1 Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Great War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 14: Sacred Service with Specialist Curator Patricia Cecil

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 29:58


    In this interview I was delighted to talk to Patricia Cecil the Specialist Curator Faith, Religion and WW1 at the National World War 1 Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri to discuss a new exhibit at the museum titled Sacred Service. Sacred Service Exhibit: https://theworldwar.org/exhibitions/sacred-service Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Great War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 8: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - At The Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 27:44


    While changes occur at the British Admiralty, in Berlin the German building efforts reach a breaking point. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 7: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Fisher's Last Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 29:44


    After the building race started to heat up, it was time for Fisher to be replaced. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 6: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Escalation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 35:26


    After the introduction of the Dreadnought, the Naval Arms race would truly begin. 10 Years of Podcasting Update: https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-years-of-107050529 Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 5: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Dread Nought

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 35:01


    Episode 5 of the series looks at the introduction of the HMS Dreadnought, why it was so special, and what the German reaction was to this new type of ship. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 4: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Fisher's Reforms

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 38:40


    This is Part 4 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019. It was a time for change, and the agent of that change was Sir John "Jackie" Fisher. His views on the future of naval warfare would result in drastic reforms for the Royal Navy and for its future. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 3: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - The Long Shadow of Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 33:13


    This is Part 3 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019. Any naval expansion program would have to contend with the power of the Royal Navy, but inside of the behemoth of the seas there were challenges that would need to be addressed. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 2: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Tirpitz's Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 37:54


    This is Part 2 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019. With Tirpitz in control of the Imperial German Navy and it was time to put his plans into action. But to do so, he needed political and public support. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Revisited 1: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race Part 1 - Tirpitz Comes to Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 36:40


    This is Part 1 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019.  Great War Revisited will be a continuing series of brand new content for History of the Great War in which I go back to the First World War and pick out events and themes to revisit. This is the start of a 10 part series on the naval build up before First World War. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Veteran's Day 2023 & The U.S. World War 1 Centennial Commission

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 10:15


    In this special Veteran's Day 2023 episode I look at the efforts of the US WW1 Centennial Commission and work to help continue the memory of the First World War. The United States World War One Centennial Commission: https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/ Doughboy Foundation: https://doughboy.org/ Medicine in World War 1: https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/medicine-in-ww1-home.html WW1 Teaching Resources: https://doughboy.org/education/wwi-teaching-resources/ Selling the War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF18goBaLH0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 13: Milan Rastislav Štefánik with Michal Kšiňan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 48:22


    Learn more about Štefánik in Dr. Kšiňan's book: Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of (routledge.com) Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 12: The Evolution of the British Empire with Sam Hume

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 39:16


    In this interview I was joined by Sam Hume, host of the Pax Britannica podcast and PhD Student at the University of Aberdeen. We chatting about the changing face of the British Empire in the years after the First World War. Check out Sam's podcast at: Pax Britannica – A Podcast History of the British Empire Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 11: Gaming the Great War with Jos Hoebe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 28:51


    In this interview I was joined by Jos Hoebe, the creative director of the WW1 Game Series, including its new entry Isonzo, coming out later this years. You can find more information about Isonzo, and all of The WW1 Game Series entries over at WW1 Game Series - WW1 Game Series Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Great War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 10: The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America's Future with Neil Lanctot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 42:31


    You can find out more about The Approaching Storm here. Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War.  History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Movie Review 1: The King's Man (Sponsored)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 25:37


    THE KING'S MAN is now available on Digital, 4K, Blu-ray and DVD. Additionally, The Kingsman Collection, featuring all 3 films, is now available as a collectible SteelBook. This episode was sponsored by The King's Man, and a free digital screening copy was provided for review. Film Synopsis Set during WWI, The King's Man tells the exhilarating origin story of Kingsman, the world's very first independent intelligence agency. As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions across the globe, one man must race against time to stop them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 9: Jewish World War 1 Veterans Under Hitler with Dr. Michael Geheran

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 41:35


    Pick up Dr. Michael Geheran's book, Comrades Betrayed: Jewish World War 1 Veterans Under Hitler, from Cornell Press: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501751011/comrades-betrayed/Find more work by Dr. Geheran: https://www.westpoint.edu/history/profile/michael_geheran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 8: Cartoons and Visual Propaganda with Jesse Alexander

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 40:27


    I met with Jesse Alexander (Home | Jesse Alexander History) to discuss his research into cartoons and visual propaganda during the war. You can follow Jesse over at (18) Jesse Alexander (@jesse_history) / Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 7: Arras 1917 with Jim Smithson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 41:43


    Follow Jim at Twitter: @boiry62128 Check out Arras 1917: https://greatwargroup.com/product/great-war-group-introductions-3-arras/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 6: The War & Poetry with Colin Fisher

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 61:03


    Follow Colin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Colin_A_FisherGreat War Group Introductions #5 Poetry and the War - https://greatwargroup.com/product/gwg5/Selected Readings:Dead Man's Dump by Isaac Rosenberg - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47411/dead-mans-dumpPeace BY RUPERT BROOKE - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/13074/peaceEpitaphs of the War by Rudyard Kipling - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57409/epitaphs-of-the-warMy Boy Jack by Rudyard Kipling - https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/my-boy-jack/The West Front https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55031/55031-h/55031-h.htm#THE_WEST_FRONTStrange Meeting by Wilfred Owen - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47395/strange-meetingRural Economy by Edmund Blunden - http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/9518Festubert, 1916 by Edmund Blunden - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57255/festubert-1916Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/13535/break-of-day-in-the-trenchesStarts Upon my Heart by Catherine Reilly - https://www.amazon.com/Scars-Upon-Heart-Catherine-Reilly/dp/1844082253Now that You Too Must Shortly Go by Eleanor Farieon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 5: Early Cruiser Warfare with Chris Sams

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 26:06


    Follow Chris Sams on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jerijerod14Great War Group Introductions: Early Cruiser Warfare - https://greatwargroup.com/product/gwg4/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 4: Austria-Hungary with Nicolai Eberholst

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 60:46


    Follow Nicolai on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/PikeGrey1418Great War Group Introductions: Austria-Hungary - https://greatwargroup.com/product/gwg1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 3: The Italian Empire and the Great War with Dr. Vanda Wilcox

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 50:12


    Follow Dr. Wilcox on Twitter: @Vanda_WilcoxCheck out: The Italian Empire and the Great War: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-italian-empire-and-the-great-war-9780198822943?cc=us&lang=en&Find more of Dr. Wilcox's work: https://vandawilcox.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 2: The First World War in Computer Games with Dr. Chris Kempshall

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 58:09


    Follow Dr. Kempshall on Twitter: @ChrisKempshallFind out more about all of Dr. Kempshall's work at: https://chriskempshall.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Interview 1: The Franco-Prussian War with Jesse Alexander and Catherine Pfauth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021 48:29


    In this interview I was joined by part of the team behind the new video series Glory and Defeat to discuss the Franco-Prussian War. Learn more about Glory and Defeat at https://realtimehistory.net/Follow Jesse Alexander at https://twitter.com/jesse_historyFollow Catherine Pfauth at https://twitter.com/fraeulein_ketiFranco-Prussian War in Real Time (in German): https://twitter.com/krieg7071 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Patreon Episode 42: French Military Tactics Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 25:28


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    Patreon Episode 41: French Military Tactics Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 27:50


    This is an episode originally released on Patreon. Thank you for listening over the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Patreon Episode 40: Przemyśl Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 19:08


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    Patreon Episode 39: Przemyśl Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 17:43


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    Patreon Episode 38: Conscription Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 19:01


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    Patreon Episode 37: Conscription Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 25:19


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    Patreon Episode 36: Information Warfare

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 29:43


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    Patreon Episode 29: Medical War Pt. 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 23:53


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    Patreon Episode 28: Medical War Pt. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 22:01


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    Patreon Episode 27: Medical War Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 24:16


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    Patreon Episode 26: Medical War Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 19:06


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    Patreon Episode 25: Artillery Pt. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 27:53


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    Patreon Episode 24: Artillery Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 28:17


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    Patreon Episode 23: Artillery Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 21:43


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    Patreon Episode 22: Doctrine Pt. 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 18:54


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