Podcasts about Somme

The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing is the largest British war memorial in the world and one of the most powerful places where we remember the sacrifice of the Missing on the Western Front. In this episode, we explore the story behind "Mighty Thiepval" and uncover why this iconic monument continues to resonate more than a century after the Battle of the Somme.We begin by examining the strategic importance of the village of Thiepval during the fighting up to 1916, and why it became one of the most heavily defended positions on the battlefield. We then follow the remarkable career of Sir Edwin Lutyens, tracing the experiences and influences that led him to create this masterpiece of remembrance.Using modern AI technology, we delve into the stories hidden within the more than 72,000 names carved into the memorial's stonework, revealing what these men can tell us about the scale and human cost of the Somme campaign. Along the way, we focus on several individual soldiers whose lives and sacrifices help bring the memorial's vast roll of honour into sharper focus.Finally, we take a walk across the battlefield at Thiepval today, exploring the landscape, the surviving traces of war, and the enduring connection between memory, history and place.Main Image: Thiepval Memorial during the WW1 Centenary.(Old Front Line archives)Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin.You can order Old Front Line Merch via The Old Front Line Shop.Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server or email the podcast.RECOMMENDED READING:Lutyens and the Great War - Tim Skelton and Gerald Gliddon (Frances Lincoln 2008)Cemeteries of the Great War by Sir Edwin Lutyens - Jeroen Geurst (Rotterdam 2010)The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme - Gavin Stamp (Profile 2006)Send us Fan MailSupport the show

REDIFF - Maryline, son épouse, l'appelait "Mon Cœur". Laurena, la compagne qui lui avait succédée, commençait parfois ses lettres par l'expression "Mon amour de ma vie". Deux femmes amoureuses du dénommé Serge Bacot, lequel était présente dans son village de la Somme comme un homme gentil, un fêtard insouciant et inoffensif. Deux femmes qu'on va découvrir mortes, à quatre ans d'intervalle. La première portait des hématomes mais elle avait fait une chute dans l'escalier. Les médecins et le procureur avaient classé l'affaire. La deuxième présentait les mêmes types de blessures, de quoi cette fois retenir toute l'attention des enquêteurs. Retrouvez tous les jours en podcast le décryptage d'un faits divers, d'un crime ou d'une énigme judiciaire par Jean-Alphonse Richard, entouré de spécialistes, et de témoins d'affaires criminelles. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Clément Brisse, 16 ans, interne dans un lycée professionnel de la Somme, jeune homme chétif, souvent moqué et harcelé .Au printemps 2017, il sèche les cours du matin. On va retrouver son corps flottant dans un étang. Les enquêteurs hésitent entre suicide et meurtre. Plusieurs suspects entendus, avant de s'arrêter sur un lycéen déconcertant. Est-il le tueur ? Retrouvez tous les jours en podcast le décryptage d'un faits divers, d'un crime ou d'une énigme judiciaire par Jean-Alphonse Richard, entouré de spécialistes, et de témoins d'affaires criminelles.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In this latest Old Front Line Q&A, we tackle four fascinating questions that take us from the opening moments of the Battle of the Somme to the long legacy of the Western Front landscape.We begin at Hawthorn Ridge on 1 July 1916 and ask whether the famous mine was detonated ten minutes early to help the attack, to provide Geoffrey Malins with the perfect filming opportunity, or for a combination of both. We also examine whether the advanced position of the Lancashire Fusiliers in the Sunken Lane, together with the early gains of the Ulster Division nearby, could have transformed a disastrous sector of the Somme battlefield into a genuine British success.We then explore memories of the Second World War, discussing whether First World War veterans ever compared their own experiences with the rapid collapse of France and the BEF in 1940.A question inspired by a walk along the Old Front Line looks at modern ownership of battlefield land. If your house stands on top of a trench system, can you excavate it, and what permissions might be required in France and Belgium?Finally, we examine what happened when soldiers' remains were discovered in the 1920s. How were they identified, who carried out the work, and what kind of burial and ceremony followed?Book: Nick and Fiona Jenkins - Walking The Line (Wetsocks Books 2021)Main Image: Field Marshal Montgomery reads the inscription on a grave at the Canadian First World War memorial at Vimy Ridge, 8 September 1944. (IWM BU 763). Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin.You can order Old Front Line Merch via The Old Front Line Shop.Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server or email the podcast.Send us Fan MailSupport the show

durée : 00:14:05 - Carnets de campagne - par : Dorothée Barba - Au programme des Carnets du jour dans la Somme : une visite de château de Tailly où a vécu le général Leclerc, compagnon de la Libération, et le succès du Pax, un cinéma porté par des bénévoles à Quend-Plage (125 habitants). - équipe : Sophie Hoffmann Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:14:04 - Carnets de campagne - par : Dorothée Barba - Au programme des Carnets du jour : une plateforme de covoiturage associative dans la Somme en zone rurale et une association nationale de prévention contre le suicide, "Dites je suis là". - équipe : Sophie Hoffmann Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:06:08 - Samedi 12 septembre, à Saint-Riquier, dans la Somme, se tenait la première édition de « Vibrations ». Entièrement dédié à l'art vocal, ce nouveau festival a été imaginé et crée par l'ensemble Aedes. Comment et pourquoi créer un festival en 2026 ? - équipe : Sofia Anastasio Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Aujourd'hui, c'est au tour de Jean-Philippe Tanguy, député RN de la Somme, de faire face aux GG. - L'émission de libre expression sans filtre et sans masque social… Dans les Grandes Gueules, les esprits s'ouvrent et les points de vue s'élargissent. 3h de talk, de débats de fond engagés où la liberté d'expression est reine et où l'on en ressort grandi.

durée : 00:14:23 - Carnets de campagne - par : Dorothée Barba - Au programme des Carnets du jour dans la Somme : le musée de la bonneterie du Santerre, qui cherche de nouveaux bénévoles, et des concerts organisés tous les mois dans une grange à Beaucourt-sur-l'Hallue, village de 300 habitants. - équipe : Sophie Hoffmann Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

September 15, 1916. In an attempt to break the brutal stalemate at the Battle of the Somme, tanks are deployed in action for the first time. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.

durée : 00:13:40 - Carnets de campagne - par : Dorothée Barba - Au programme des Carnets du jour dans la Somme : une association qui protège les phoques et nous demande de ne surtout pas les approcher, puis l'entreprise Gerlon, qui vend du blanc de Meudon, isolant thermique naturel et made in France. - équipe : Sophie Hoffmann Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

1917 British patrols walked into Serre without firing a shot. The Germans had gone - withdrawn back to the Hindenburg Line, abandoning ground over which some one million men had been killed and wounded. Four months after the Battle of the Somme officially ended, the British were left masters of the field - but it was a field of shell holes, ruins and unburied corpses. Were they the victors? In this episode, we ask: Who really won the Battle of the Somme? Our first book INFERNO is out now! Available in Hardcover, eBook and Audiobook (narrated by Dan!): https://lnk.to/inferno_book Take a look at our NSQ Tour 2027 while there's still places available! https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-2027  Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Sander van Kammen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Il y a plus de vingt ans, Xavier Mennesson quitte l'industrie phytosanitaire pour revenir sur les terres de son enfance, en Baie de Somme, et créer le Domaine du Val. Une aventure guidée par le bon sens, où la conscience écologique grandit au fil des expériences, jusqu'à redonner aujourd'hui 25 hectares d'un ancien golf à la biodiversité et à la transmission.Une conversation sur le tourisme, les racines et cette idée toute simple : faire avec un territoire plutôt que de lui imposer nos projets.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

UN PODCAST EN PARTENARIAT AVEC RUNMOTION COACHIls rêvaient tous les quatre de terminer leur premier UTMB.Dans cet épisode hors série de La Bande à D+, réalisé en partenariat avec RunMotion Coach, Nicolas Fréret donne la parole à quatre traileurs amateurs engagés sur la 23e édition de l'UTMB (174 km et 9700 m D+) : Guillaume Scellier, Loïc Angenard, Thibaud Hennequin et Yann Bellenguez.Quelques heures avant le départ, ils nous racontent leurs parcours, leurs rêves, leurs doutes et ce qui les a conduits jusqu'à Chamonix.Pour Guillaume, l'UTMB représente une revanche, vingt ans après un premier ultra terminé par un abandon sur la Diagonale des Fous. Loïc, ancien fumeur devenu ultra-traileur, a préparé son aventure depuis la Bretagne, en répétant les mêmes boucles pour accumuler du dénivelé. Thibaud s'est accroché à son projet UTMB au cours d'une année bouleversée par la maladie puis le décès de sa mère. Quant à Yann, son coup de foudre pour le Tour du Mont-Blanc a été si fort qu'il a fini par quitter la Somme pour venir vivre en Haute-Savoie.Tous les quatre ont réussi leur pari.Loïc a bouclé son premier UTMB en 32 h 18, Yann en 34 h 28, Guillaume en 40 h 31 et Thibaud en 44 h 32, sur une course remportée par Ben Dhiman (18 h 16) et Blandine L'Hirondel (21 h 52).Dès le dimanche, alors que la course n'était pas encore terminée, nous les avons retrouvé pour partager leur périple autour du Mont-Blanc : les kilomètres qui s'accumulent, les moments de grâce et de galère, les douleurs, le sommeil, les ravitaillements, les proches, les émotions et cette arrivée à Chamonix qu'ils imaginaient depuis des mois.Pour ce débrief, Nicolas est accompagné de Mélissa Mergoil, journaliste et animatrice du podcast PC Course, et de Romain Adam, co-fondateur de RunMotion Coach et lui-même finisher de cet UTMB 2026 (27 h 19).Et puisque Thibaud était encore sur les sentiers lorsque les autres se sont retrouvés autour du micro, vous entendrez également son récit après son arrivée, à seulement 2 h 13 de la barrière horaire.

In this episode we discover the tragic stories of 2 soldiers, one from London and one from Australia, who both died from the effects of German trench mortar fire. But not during a famous battle. These were incidents that happened during a quiet period in the trenches. What happened to them? Lance Corporal Thomas Stevenson from New South Wales had been wounded and buried by shellfire at Fromelles but survived, only to die near Messines a year later. And Alf Stevenson from London died of gas poisoning on the Somme. But how?

C'est un aveu d'échec discret mais hautement symbolique chez Microsoft. L'éditeur de Redmond abandonne la fonction dédiée Copilot dans Excel, un an à peine après son lancement en version de test.Choc des culturesPremier point marquant, cet abandon est le résultat du choc des cultures entre la rigueur d'un tableur et le fonctionnement probabiliste de l'intelligence artificielle.La fonction Copilot dans Excel devait permettre d'écrire en langage naturel directement dans une cellule pour générer des résultats automatisés.Et Microsoft prévoyait un lancement généralisé pour début 2027. Mais tout s'arrête définitivement en septembre 2026, dit l'éditeur.La raison est limpide : une IA générative ne garantit pas la précision mathématique absolue requise par une direction financière ou un contrôle de gestion.Microsoft pousse même l'ironie jusqu'à conseiller officiellement d'utiliser les formules classiques comme SOMME ou SI pour tout calcul exigeant de la précision.Alors quand le géant du logiciel reconnaît qu'il ne faut pas faire confiance à son assistant pour additionner des chiffres, le signal envoyé aux DSI est particulièrement fort.L'expérience utilisateur a parléEnsuite, cette décision met en avant la rationalisation de l'ergonomie et la réalité des usages sur le terrain.Car l'échec de Copilot dans Excel ne signifie pas pour autant la disparition de l'assistant d'IA du tableur.En réalité, Microsoft constate que la majorité des utilisateurs délaissent les formules complexes au profit du panneau latéral ou du bouton d'action flottant.Concrètement, l'expérience utilisateur a parlé. Les collaborateurs recherchent une assistance contextuelle interactive, pas une commande supplémentaire à mémoriser au milieu des colonnes.Les équipes de développement de Redmond ont donc tiré les conclusions qui s'imposaient en supprimant les doublons d'interface. C'est une excellente leçon d'ergonomie pour vos propres projets numériques : si le point d'entrée n'est pas fluide, la fonctionnalité meurt d'elle-même.La puissance du moteur de calcul déterministeEnfin, cette affaire montre le recentrage indispensable de l'IA sur la valeur qualitative plutôt que sur la puissance arithmétique.Dans les organisations, cette décision redéfinit le rôle exact de Copilot dans les outils de productivité.L'outil trouve aujourd'hui sa vraie pertinence dans la synthèse de texte, le prototypage de tableaux, ou encore la génération de fiches produits. Mais pas dans les fonctions d'Excel.Pour les dirigeants d'entreprise, cela montre que l'IA générative reste un formidable accélérateur pour traiter du texte et dégager des tendances. Mais elle ne remplacera jamais la fiabilité d'un moteur de calcul déterministe.Le ZD Tech est sur toutes les plateformes de podcast ! Abonnez-vous !Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Il voulait participer à la primaire socialiste car il s'estime en mesure de la remporter, mais Raphaël Glucksmann vient de fermer définitivement cette porte. A un mois du premier tour de ce scrutin crucial pour la gauche, François Ruffin se maintient dans la course pour la présidentielle, continue sa campagne et s'affiche désormais avec Dominique de Villepin. Il fait sa rentrée politique sur RTL, au micro de Céline Landreau à 7h40 dans RTL Matin. François Ruffin, député de la Somme, Président de Debout ! et candidat à l'élection présidentielle Ecoutez L'invité RTL de 7h40 avec Céline Landreau du 09 septembre 2026.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

On 13th of November 1916 the British Army attacked at Beaumont Hamel, Serre and Beaucourt - the ground of the first morning of the Somme. Four and a half months after the catastrophe of the first of July, the last battle of the campaign was fought across the same fields, still littered with the fallen from weeks earlier. What happened at the Battle of the Ancre - the final major battle of the Somme campaign - and why does it remain controversial? History of the Germans Podcast https://historyofthegermans.com/2026/09/commonpeople/ Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Sander van Kammen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today in popular memory the Battle of the Somme is often seen as titanic struggle fought between Britain and her vast Empire an the military might of the German War Machine. But, what's far too often overlooked, and the subject of today's episode is the contribution of the French Army who fought tenaciously from the very first to the very last shots of the battle. NSQ Tour 2027: ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-2027 Guest James Taub Socials: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-taub-670096103⁠ ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/taubhistory.bsky.social⁠ Join Our Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Sander van Kammen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

C dans l'air l'invitée du 24 août 2026 avec Alain Minc, économiste, essayiste, auteur de Somme toute (Grasset)Le taux d'emprunt français à 10 ans a dépassé 4,10%, au plus haut depuis 2008, tandis que celui à 30 ans frôle les 5%. Dans un contexte mondial de forte demande de financement, la charge de la dette française risque de continuer à s'alourdir. Cette flambée des taux d'intérêt, qui dépasse les prédictions les plus pessimistes, s'étend au niveau mondial. La pression sur la dette française n'est, d'ailleurs, pas prête de retomber. Tous les voyants sont au rouge : l'écart de taux avec l'Allemagne, le fameux "spread", a dépassé les 85 points de base. La dernière fois que cela s'était produit, des gouvernements étaient tombés : celui de Michel Barnier, en décembre 2024, puis celui de François Bayrou, en septembre 2025. Dans ce contexte, le ministre des Comptes publics David Amiel a souligné lundi sur RTL que "tous devront faire des efforts" dans le budget 2027, insistant sur l'"urgence" de réduire les déficits. Pour le ministre des Comptes publics, "l'urgence dans le cadre du budget 2027, c'est d'éviter une dérive très grave des finances publiques, de continuer à réduire les déficits". De son côté, le leader de LFI, candidat à l'élection présidentielle, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, propose de "mettre la dette au frigo", partant du principe que celle-ci est détenue à 18% par la Banque de France.

Avec : Benjamin Amar, professeur d'histoire-géo. Yael Mellul, ancienne avocate. Et Benjamin Müller, journaliste. - Accompagnée de Charles Magnien et sa bande, Estelle Denis s'invite à la table des français pour traiter des sujets qui font leur quotidien. Société, conso, actualité, débats, coup de gueule, coups de cœurs… En simultané sur RMC Story.

By late September 1916, the British Army stood ready to attempt something it had failed to do on the war's bloodiest day: capture Thiepval. Once a village, now a fortified maze of underground cellars and interlinking tunnels, the position had repelled the 36th Ulster Division on 1 July and become a symbol of German resistance ever since. Two and a half months on, a very different British Army launched its assault at 12:35pm in broad daylight, now backed by concentrated artillery, dedicated counter-battery fire, and lessons paid for in blood. Was this the moment the British Army finally proved it had learned to fight the Somme, or would Thiepval's fall come at too high a cost to feel like victory at all? Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Sander van Kammen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Den brittiska arméns blodigaste dag inträffade den 1 juli 1916 - den första dagen av slaget vid Somme. Inom ett dygn från det att det brittiska infanteriet klev upp ur sin skyttegravslinje och började avancera över ingenmansland mot de tyska linjerna stupade 20 000 soldater och nästan 40 000 skadades.Den inledande artilleribekämpningen hade inte gett det resultat man hade räknat med. De tyska kulsprutepositionerna var inte utslagna och så många tyska soldater hade klarat sig att de kunde möta de brittiska tätt formerade linjerna framför dem med en vägg av bly.I detta avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden talar Martin Hårdstedt och Peter Bennesved om ett av första världskriget mest betydelsefulla slag.Ursprungligen var offensiven längs floden Somme i norra Frankrike tänkt som en gemensam storoffensiv utförd gemensamt av brittiska och franska trupper. Det tog lång tid innan britterna blev redo att inleda offensiven. Förlusterna under 1914 och 1915 måste ersättas. En helt ny armé skapades – den så kallade Kitchners armé – av frivilliga som i stort antal anmälde sig för tjänstgöring. Under den tid britterna arbetade för att skaka fram soldater övertog tyskarna initiativet och inledde sitt stora anfall mot Verdun i februari 1916.Sommeoffensiven förvandlades i och med Verdunslaget till en brittisk avlastningsoffensiv. Den franska armén var hårt pressad och behövde understöd. Det som från början var tänkt som en storoffensiv med mer än 60 divisioner, varav 40 franska, smälte samman till en mindre brittiskledd offensiv som i slutänden omfattade 13 brittiska och 11 franska divisioner. Anfallet misslyckades med att åstadkomma ett genombrott. Istället för att avbryta försöken och hitta en ny väg att komma åt tyskarna inledde den brittiska armén under generalen Haig stödda av fransmännen ett utnötningsslag som skulle pågå in i november 1916. Förlusterna steg till mer än 400 000 stupade och sårade på båda sidor.Det finns många aspekter på slaget vid Somme som framstår som märkliga och som kan diskuteras. Inte minst hur artilleriet användes blev föremål för kritik i efterhand. Det brittiska artilleriet lyckades inte slå ut de tyska kulsprutepositionerna trots en veckas förbekämpning av de tyska linjerna. Detta tillsammans med felanpassad infanteritaktik ledde till blodbadet. Dessa aspekter diskuteras ingående i avsnittet.Bild: Soldater ur Royal Irish Rifles bär proviant genom en förbindelsegrav under slaget vid Somme, troligen den 1 juli 1916, offensivens första dag. Foto: Royal Engineers No. 1 Printing Company, public domain, via Imperial War Museums/Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The DEADLIEST day! 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, World War I. To help support this Podcast & get exclusive videos every week sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver To Donate,go to Neil's Website:https://www.neiloliver.com Gold Bullion Partners,for more info about buying gold & silver go to this affiliate link,https://goldbullionpartners.co.uk/download-our-complimentary-guide-neil-oliver/ Shop:https://neil-oliver.creator-spring.com Neil Oliver YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@Neil-Oliver Rumble site – Neil Oliver Official:https://rumble.com/c/c-6293844 Instagram - NeilOliverLoveLetter:https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Podcasts:Neil Oliver: News Comment HistoryNeil Oliver: HistoryNeil Oliver: InterviewsAvailable on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-oliver-news-comment-history/id1513737418https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-oliver-history/id1871225730https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-oliver-interviews/id1869660872 #NeilOliver #BattleoftheSomme #WorldWarI #War #history #travel #culture #ancient #historyfact #explore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode we continue our exploration of the 1916 Battle of the Somme with a focus on a key crucial stage famed for the global debut of a new weapon - the tank - But the battle of Flers-Courcelette was not just the tanks, debut - tens of thousands of infantry played their part in what would become one of the greatest assaults of the battle. Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On 18th July 1914, a school cricket match was played in Holt, North Norfolk. By the end of the Great War, 11 of the 24 players who took part were dead, victims of the Great War. This is their story. We follow the story of 2 brothers who played in the game, Mark and Cuthbert. They died within weeks of each other, Mark on the Somme battlefield and Cuthbert during the Battle of Jutland. What are their stories and what do their poems and letters home tell us about them? We also discover how writing a book about them helped a teacher at the school comes to terms with the death of her daughter, and how she got to understand these lads and how their deaths affected the Headmaster of the school, George Howson.

Pete and Gary continue their new series as they follow the story of heroic WWI officer Hubert Rees.This week the focus shifts to the toughest ordeal the British would face in the war: the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916.Presenters: Peter Hart and Gary BainPublisher: Mat McLachlanProducer: Jess StebnickiPete and Gary's latest book, Beggar Me! I'm a Prisoner!: British POWS in Germany, 1914-18, is available now.Visit Gallipoli with Pete and Gary! Go to https://phbt.uk/ for more information!Join a river cruise to the battlefields of Waterloo, WW1, WW2 and Vietnam: https://historycruises.com/Become a member to listen ad-free and receive special bonus content for only £2 per month: https://plus.acast.com/s/pete-and-garys-military-historySupport the show with a one-off contribution: https://buymeacoffee.com/pgmhFind out everything Pete and Gary are doing at https://linktr.ee/pgmhFor more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel to Twickenham, the home of English Rugby, to meet up with the families of 2 England Rugby internationals who died together, on the same day, 9th August 1916 at Guillemont on the Somme battlefield. The families had been introduced to each other by the author, Toby Goodman, of a book about the 2 men. We discover how their journey, and friendship, took them from the rugby fields to the battlefields, and we hear eye witness accounts of their final hours. We also hear from England World Cup Winner Lewis Moody, who told Toby about Jack and Noel's story, and he talks about the strong connection between rugby and the Great War. He also discusses a portrait hanging at Twickenham called “Forever England”, showing the faces of 6 England players who died in the war.

The struggle for Pozieres would become one of the most infamous campaigns of the Battle of the Somme: some 23000 Australians would become casualties over six weeks fighting on a front barely three miles wide. The total casualties were comparable to Gallipoli and the outcome would be controversial. What happened at Pozieres and why did it degenerate into one of the bloodiest battles of the war for Australia? Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Sander van Kammen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[REDIFFUSION] Bienvenue dans Les Fabuleux Destins, le podcast pour découvrir des histoires vraies et étonnantes. Cette semaine, plongez dans le fabuleux parcours de Battling Siki, cet incroyable athlète qui battait tous les records. Premier champion du monde de boxe noir en catégorie mi-lourd, il défi les limites des règles d'un sport qui à cette époque était dominé par des athlètes blancs. Peu à peu, il gravit le sommet de la réussite, mais derrière cette gloire, il mène une vie bien plus sombre remplie d'obstacles et d'injustices. Le survivant  Somme, 1917. Dans le froid glacial des tranchées, un soldat sénégalais est décoré pour sa bravoure. Amadou Fall, alias Mbarick, a survécu à l'enfer de la guerre. De retour en France, il troque son uniforme pour des gants de boxe. Sur le ring, il devient Battling Siki : un combattant redoutable, indomptable. Mais malgré ses victoires et sa croix de guerre, c'est sa couleur que l'on commente. Son ascension fulgurante dérange, et son nom menace d'être effacé. Pourtant, Siki n'a pas dit son dernier mot. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clément Prévaux Production : Bababam Voix : Florian Bayoux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we look at the incredible story of a man who gave up his job as a Rector in a village church to serve on the Western Front. Kenelm Swallow arrived on the Somme battlefield in the mud of November 1916. We follow his journey from the Somme to Arras and discover how he performed various tasks to help the war effort, way beyond his spiritual duties. We find out how he went alone into No Man's Land at Ypres to ensure dead comrades were properly buried, and how he slipped down the steps of a dugout and landed on a stove, much to his amusement. He also describes what it was like to sleep in a dirty dugout. Kenelm was part of the BEF that liberated Belgium in 1918, and we hear how the civilians reacted to liberation and what he thought of the German enemy.

There was no terrain on the Somme that soldiers feared more than woodland - a maze of broken stumps, fallen branches, and hidden barbed wire. In this episode we explore how and why the woods of the Somme became such a crucial part of the battle. Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Sander van Kammen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 visitors can walk, play and live on some historic battlefields, such as the D-Day beaches, while places like Newfoundland Memorial Park on the Somme remain carefully preserved. What makes a battlefield "sacred", and who decides how these landscapes should be remembered?We then untangle the mystery of First World War barbed wire. Discover how troops navigated their own defensive obstacles for raids, wiring parties, patrols and major offensives, and how carefully concealed gaps and communication routes balanced defence with the need to attack.Next, we delve into the history of the King Edward's Horse, examining its formation in 1914, its links to men from across the British Empire, and why some recruits with no Dominion connections—including one listener's ancestor—found themselves serving in this unusual cavalry regiment.Finally, we travel to the closing days of the war to explore what happened after the Armistice. From the emotional scenes of 11 November 1918 to the long process of demobilisation, the return of prisoners of war, encounters between former enemies in No Man's Land, and the immense task of clearing and rebuilding the shattered battlefields of France and Belgium, we trace how Europe emerged from four years of conflict.Main Image: German barbed wire entanglements, known as 'knife rests' photographed in the Beaumont Hamel area, November 1916. (IWM Q1530). Image by Ernest Brookes.Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin.You can order Old Front Line Merch via The Old Front Line Shop.Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server or email the podcast.Send us Fan MailSupport the show

The 1st of July 1916 is still one of the deadliest days in the history of warfare. Nearly 20,000 men from the British Army and 6,000 German soldiers were killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The World War One battle would last another four months and was one of the first examples of industrial warfare; three million men fought in it, over a-million soldiers were wounded, missing or killed. Jordan Dunbar investigates how, 110 years on, the battle still affects people and communities, and discovers new insights about its impact on his own family and on the history of Ireland.

Just two weeks after the catastrophe of 1 July 1916, the British Army launched another major assault on the Somme - this time with dramatically different results. Attacking before dawn after silently assembling thousands of men in No Man's Land, they overran much of the German second position, captured thousands of prisoners, and briefly created what many believed was the best opportunity for a decisive breakthrough on the Western Front since trench warfare had begun. Yet today, the Battle of Bazentin Ridge is largely overshadowed by the bloodshed that came before and after it. So what changed in those two weeks? Did the British Army learn its lessons with remarkable speed, or has Bazentin simply become remembered as one of the greatest missed opportunities of the entire Somme campaign? Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Sander van Kammen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Lloyd characterizes 1916 as a "meat locker," dominated by the twin horrors of Verdun and the Somme. Falkenhayn's strategy at Verdun was a "concentrated experiment in killing," designed to bleed the French army dry through superior artillery rather than territorial gain. This prompted the British and French to launch the Somme offensive to relieve the pressure, leading to a significant tactical dispute between Douglas Haig and Henry Rawlinson. While Haig maintained a traditionalist desire for a "breakthrough" to open maneuver, Rawlinson advocated for a "bite and hold" strategy—systematically smashing enemy lines with artillery and stopping to consolidate. Lloyd argues that in 1916, the British lacked the sophisticated weaponry and know-how for Haig's grand vision, being only capable of the incremental attrition suggested by Rawlinson. This period marked a crucial shift where Germany began a decline from which it never fully recovered. (6)

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 objectives including Bazentin-le-Petit, Bazentin-le-Grand and Longueval, bringing British troops to the edge of High Wood and changing the course of the campaign.We examine the battle in detail, explaining the careful planning, the surprise achieved by attacking at dawn, and why this operation succeeded where so many earlier assaults had struggled. Along the way, we tell the stories of two men who experienced the fighting from very different perspectives, one an ordinary soldier, the other an officer, bringing a personal dimension to one of the Somme's defining actions.The episode concludes with a virtual battlefield walk, travelling west to east across the ground of the attack. From the British front lines through the captured villages and on towards High Wood, we explore what survives today and reveal how the landscape still tells the story of this remarkable day in July 1916.Main Image: The 20th Deccan Horse, Indian Army, in the Carnoy Valley shortly before their unsuccessful attack at High Wood during the Somme offensive, 14 July 1916. (IWM Q823). Image by John Warwick Brooke.Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin.You can order Old Front Line Merch via The Old Front Line Shop.Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server or email the podcast.Send us Fan MailSupport the show

When people think of the Somme, they think of failure: men cut down in no man's land; shattered battalions; and catastrophic losses. Yet along much of the southern part of the battlefield, this is not what happened at all. Here, British troops broke into the German defences, captured villages and advanced further than anywhere else on 1 July. For a few brief hours, it even seemed that the offensive might achieve its planners' hopes. So why did this part of the battlefield look so different? If the attack was succeeding here, why is the first day of the Somme still remembered as such a disaster? Join Our Community: ⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠nsq@battleguide.co.uk⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & Dan Hill - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Hunter Christensen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

REDIFF - L'ancien président de la République va tirer un livre de son séjour en prison. Ce matin, il en dévoilait quelques extraits au micro de RTL. Cet été, retrouvez tous les jours le meilleur de Laurent Gerra en podcast sur RTL.fr, l'application et toutes vos plateformes.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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 than the Somme, and how geology shaped the way British, German, Australian and other armies built and occupied these remarkable underground shelters.We also examine one of the most fascinating aspects of post-war battlefield recovery by looking at the concentration of casualties from High Wood into Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, and ask how the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission decided where recovered soldiers would ultimately be buried. Why were men from the same battalion sometimes reburied in different cemeteries years apart?From there we consider the impact of mist and fog on the Western Front. Did poor visibility and weather bring fighting to a halt, or was it an opportunity for trench raids, wiring parties, patrols and surprise attacks?Finally, we look at one of the 'what ifs' of the First World War. Following Russia's armistice in late 1917, how much artillery and equipment did Germany transfer west alongside its infantry? Could the Kaiserschlacht have happened without the collapse of the Eastern Front, and how might the war have unfolded if Russia had remained in the conflict?Main Image: Battle of Albert, 1916. The steps leading down to a huge German underground shelter at Bernafay Wood, near Montauban, captured by the 9th Division. The picture gives a good idea of the size and depth of many German dugouts on the Somme. (IWM Q4307). Image by John Warwick Brooke.Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin.You can order Old Front Line Merch via The Old Front Line Shop.Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server or email the podcast.Send us Fan MailSupport the show

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 at the Pozieres British Cemetery and Memorial and then walk into the village seeing memorials, and discussing some of the 'characters of the Somme', walking up to Mouquet Farm and ending at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.Main Image: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing under a summer sky. (OFL Archives)Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin.You can order Old Front Line Merch via The Old Front Line Shop.Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server or email the podcast.Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Something is wrong in the woods. The artist notices him first — and says almost nothing. One remark, on the way to the station, barely above a murmur. Then the train comes, and he is gone. It falls to Van Cheele to find out what his friend meant. What he discovers, by the pool in the oak coppice, is a boy with light brown eyes that hold something tigerish in them, lying in the sun with an ease that belongs to no child he has ever met. The aunt will find him charming. The dog will not stay in the house. Saki understood that the old country — the country before the parishes and the property lines — was never entirely tamed. The animals there talk. "Gabriel-Ernest" was first published in 1909 in the Westminster Gazette, and later collected in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches (1910). Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916), a writer of savage wit and supernatural unease. He was killed on the Western Front in the closing months of the Somme campaign.

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 German concrete fortifications of the Somme, including the infamous Quadrilateral. How were these massive bunkers and strongpoints constructed so close to the front line, and why were the Allies seemingly unable to prevent their development?We then examine war expectations in 1914 including the belief that the war would be over by Christmas. What did Britain and Germany actually expect from the coming conflict? How did military planners believe victory would be achieved, and what political and territorial objectives were they hoping to secure?The discussion then turns to the Hindenburg Line. How much of this vast defensive system survives today, where can visitors still see it, and why were the Allies caught off guard when German forces withdrew to it during the spring of 1917?Finally, we tackle a practical but rarely discussed aspect of trench warfare: sanitation. Was toilet paper available to soldiers on the Western Front, what alternatives were used, and what can this tell us about daily life, hygiene, and disease in wartime conditions?Main Image: Remains of a German trench in Gommecourt, showing a concrete dug-out entrance, March 1917. (IWM Q4913). Image by John Warwick Brooke.Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin.You can order Old Front Line Merch via The Old Front Line Shop.Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server or email the podcast.Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh in the UK.We start with the birth of an Australian campaign to get people to take care in the sun and Ireland's response to the UK Brexit vote.Next, the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and the Hong Kong bookseller detained for selling material critical of China's leaders.Finally, Brazilian footballer Ronaldo's knee injury in 2000 and the story behind a famous insulting song in Mexico - Rata de dos Patas.Contributors: Professor David Hill - former head of Cancer Council Victoria. Professor Devi Sridhar - Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. Rory Montgomery - former diplomat, who led Ireland's Brexit negotiating team. Lam Wing-kee - Hong Kong bookseller who was detained for selling material critical of China's leaders. Nilton Petroni - Ronaldo Nazario's former physiotherapist. Manuel Eduardo Toscano - composer of Rata de dos Patas.(Photo: Sid the Seagull, mascot for the Slip Slop Slap campaign. Credit: Cancer Care Victoria)

What was life really like in the trenches of the First World War? In this episode, we step into the mud of the Western Front to hear about the horrors that soldiers faced; from artillery bombardments and sniper fire to disease, rats and relentless weather.Joining us is Joshua Levine, author of "Forgotten Voices of the Somme", to explain the daily dangers soldiers faced, and the remarkable ways they survived.Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Matthew Wilson.We need your help! Let us know what you want from Dan Snow's History Hit by filling in our anonymous survey here: https://forms.gle/PvgayWLkWGjYT4St6Dan Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcastSign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In July 1916, Britain led an Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front near the Somme river in France. The British army suffered 60,000 casualties on the first day. By the end of the battle in November, one million men had been killed or wounded. The Somme became synonymous with the horrors of war. We hear BBC archive recordings of veterans who fought in one of the bloodiest battles in history.This programme, first broadcast in 2016, was presented by Alex Last.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by and curious about the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from how the Excel spreadsheet was developed, the creation of cartoon rabbit Miffy and how the sound barrier was broken.We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: the moment Reagan and Gorbachev met in Geneva, Haitian singer Emerante de Pradines' life and Omar Sharif's legendary movie entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, like the invention of a stent which has saved lives around the world; the birth of the G7; and the meeting of Maldives' ministers underwater. We cover everything from World War Two and Cold War stories to Black History Month and our journeys into space.(Photo: British troops go forward in 'No Man's Land', August 1916. Credit: IWM/Getty Images)

Nick Lloyd. Guest Nick Lloyd analyzes the "twinned" horrors of 1916: Verdun and the Somme. He explains Falkenhayn's ruthless strategy at Verdun, which was designed purely to "bleed the French white" through industrial-scale killing. In response, the British launched the Somme offensive to relieve the pressure, leading to a famous strategic dispute between Douglas Haig's desire for a breakthrough and Henry Rawlinson's more cautious "bite and hold" tactics. Lloyd argues that in 1916, the British were only truly capable of Rawlinson's incremental approach due to limited technology and training. The summary also touches on the disastrous 1917 Nivelle Offensive, which promised a "formula" for victory but instead led to widespread exhaustion and mutiny within the French army. This period represents one of the darkest chapters for the Allies, where they came close to losing the war, making the eventual arrival of the Americans and the coordination of Ferdinand Foch absolutely vital. 71917