The Road to the Great War

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Our history experts speaking about the events that led to the Great War.

ABC New England North West


    • Apr 28, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 45 EPISODES


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    Road to War: Final Episode 44: The Gallipoli Landing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 20:00


    Final Episode; the landing at Gallipoli

    The Road to War Episode 43: The Second Battle of Ypres sees the use of poison gas against the Allies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2015 16:41


    Gas was a terrifying weapon which both sides in Europe used and which all soldiers had to learn to deal with.

    The Road to War Episode 42: the Armenian Genocide

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2015 19:17


    This week a focus on the Armenian Genocide, which commenced during this week 100 years ago.

    The Road to War Episode 41: The ANZACs receive word they are to move to the front

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2015 15:27


    After months of training the Australians are told they are heading to the frontline

    The Road to War: Episode 40, German U-boats turn their attention to neutral ships

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2015 13:31


    The war takes a turn when a neutral Dutch ship is sunk by a German U-boat

    The Road to War Episode 39: The Russians capture the Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemyoel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2015 22:26


    A horrifying glimpse of things to come in Eastern Europe during the next war.

    Road to War Episode 38: The Naval Blockade of Germany

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015 15:02


    Britain formally announces the naval blockade of Germany using armed merchant ships

    The Road to War Episode 37: The Battle of Neuve Chapelle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2015 18:05


    Ten Victoria Crosses were awarded as a result of the fighting, including one to the 21 year old Rifleman Gabbar Singh Negi, of the Garwhal Rifles.

    The Road to War Episode 36: Australian troops in convoy to land on Greek island of Lemnos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2015 17:40


    The Australians arrive on one of the Greek islands

    The Road to War Episode 35: Anglo-French fleet begins bombing the Dardanelles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2015 18:35


    The Road to War Episode 34: Russian defeat on the Eastern Front

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2015 20:46


    It's winter and on the Eastern Front and Russia and Germany are suffering horrific casualties

    The Road to War Episode 33: German U-boat blockade is formally declared against the Allies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2015 18:02


    The Germans use U-Boats to try and strangle the British economy by targeting merchant ships

    The Road to War Episode 32: Ottoman Empire fails to capture the Suez Canal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2015 16:59


    Returning to the Near East, and in particular, to Egypt, where Australians were still undergoing training.

    The Road to War Episode 31: The Battle of Dogger Bank

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2015 20:06


    We're returning to naval warfare this week,

    The Road to War Episode 30: First German Zeppelin raids on Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2015 19:23


    Zeppelins were airships made by the German Zeppelin company, founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who had seen balloons being used during the American Civil War

    The Road to War Episode 29: Battle of Jassin in German East Africa [now Tanzania]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2015 20:01


    A focus on what was happening in Africa this week 100 years ago

    The Road to War Episode 28: Major Ottoman defeat by the Russians (and the weather) at Sarikamish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2015 15:56


    Major Ottoman defeat by the Russians (and the weather) at Sarikamish

    The Road to War Episode 27: The Christmas Truce, 1914

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2014 19:54


    The Christmas Truce, 1914

    The Road to War Episode 26: The first German air-raid on Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2014 14:35


    The first German air-raid on Britain

    The Road to War Episode 25: German fleet bombards English towns of Scarborough and Hartlepool

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2014 20:28


    The Road to War Episode 24: The Battle of the Falklands

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2014 15:19


    One of the great naval battles. A victory, and a defeat as glorious as a victory.

    The Road to War Episode 23: Australian forces arrive in Egypt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 15:03


    The actions of this week 100 years ago would have large consequences for the years ahead

    The Road to War Episode 22: Australian nurses embark aboard Kyarra from Brisbane

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2014 17:42


    Australian nurses leave for the war aboard the 'Kyarra'

    The Road to War Episode 21: First Battle of Ypres, Pt. 2.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2014 19:35


    Another look at one of the most famous and devastating battles of the war

    Road to War Episode 20: HMAS Sydney destroys a German cruiser off the Cocos Isands

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2014 19:17


    Meanwhile Back in Australia HMAS Sydney joins the war

    The Road to War Episode 19: The Ottoman Empire enters the war

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2014 19:49


    The Ottoman Empire enters the war and the First Division of the Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force departs Albany, Western Australia

    The Road to War: Episode 18, the fall from grace of Helmuth von Moltke.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2014 17:43


    The fall from grace of Helmuth von Moltke after a failed campaign against France

    The Road to War Episode 17: The First Battle of Ypres Begins

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2014 19:55


    This week we return to Europe and to perhaps one of the most famous names of WW1

    The Road to War Episode 16: Pro-German rebellion in South Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2014 17:41


    The Road to War Episode 15: Japan Occupies German Marshall Islands

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2014 18:43


    The Road to War Episode 14: Politics and elections on the home front

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2014 18:06


    The Road to War Episode 13: what followed next on the Western Front

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2014 16:19


    After exploring how the Allies stopped the German advance towards Paris in mid-September, what followed next on the Western Front?

    The Road to War Episode 12: Australia in New Guinea

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2014 17:22


    The Road to War Episode 12 : Australia in New Guinea, we turn our attention closer to home

    The Road to War: The Battle of the Marne

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2014 17:06


    The Battle of Marne halts the German Advance towards Paris

    The Road to War Episode 10: the Battle of Tannenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2014 18:36


    One of the defining battles of the early theatre of the Great War; the Battle of Tannenberg.

    The Road to War Episode 9: the Battle of Mons

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2014 24:41


    The British army retreats before the German advance

    The Road to War Episode 8: Battle of the Frontiers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2014 20:53


    The Road to War Episode 7- Germany invades 'Little Belgium'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2014 19:53


    The Road to War Episode 6: War in the West begins 'Last man and the last shilling'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2014 19:44


    The Road to War Episode 5: Austria-Hungary go to war with Serbia and Russia mobilises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2014 21:10


    Austria-Hungary go to war with Serbia and Russia mobilises

    The Road to War Episode 4: King George V reviews the assembled British fleet (a test mobilization)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014 16:35


    As the nation marches towards commemoration events for the centenary of World War 1, join us each week as we take a look at the events that lead to the out break of the war.

    Road to War Episode 3: Everyone is on holidays, but all is not as it seems during Europe's 'last summer'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2014 20:02


    Road to War Episode 2: Austria-Hungary ask for support from Germany against Serbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2014 25:03


    The events that led to World War 1

    The Road to war -Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2014 24:09


    The Road to the Great War

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014 24:09


    Setting the scene for the Great War

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