The Old Front Line
Walk the battlefields of the First World War with Military Historian, Paul Reed. In these podcasts, Paul brings together over 40 years of studying the Great War, from the stories of veterans he interviewed, to when he spent more than a decade living on the Old Front Line in the heart of the Somme battlefields.
Podcasting since 2020 • 236 episodes
The Old Front Line
Latest Episodes
Sambre Canal 1918: Lock No 1
In this episode we travel to the last major battlefield of the Great War on the Western Front - the Sambre Canal. Here we follow the story of the infantry and the engineers who attacked the Canal on 4th November 1918, including the 2nd Battalio...
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Season 8
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Episode 15
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52:55
Questions and Answers Episode 27
Our questions and answers in this episode look at what happened to trench systems when they met a road, was the Battle of the Somme a victory, how France remembers the Great War, and the role of the Army Service Corps in the conflict....
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Season 8
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Episode 14
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38:01
Ypres: The Menin Road
Continuing our journeys along the roads which crisscross the landscape of the Western Front, we travel to Flanders in Belgium, and take the old Roman road between the city of Ypres and the town of Menin which follows the story of four years of ...
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Season 8
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Episode 13
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1:06:49
Questions and Answers Episode 26
This week we discuss the background to the names British soldiers gave their German counterparts - names like Fritz and Bosch - we examine the role Portugal had on the Western Front and discuss where they are memorialised, look out how modern d...
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Season 8
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Episode 12
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38:17
Fan Mail
Just an amazing episode Paul, we sometimes exaggerate our contribution to the 100 days but I think you have absolutely defined our role here, very small and sharp tip of the spear. Gordon Port Macquarie NSW Oz
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