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1918

Episode 154: The Italian Front: The End

Over the last two episodes we have discussed the events on the Italian front during 1918. In this episode we will conclude our story of the Italian front by looking at the last

  • Wesley Livesay
13 min read
Episodes

Episode 153: The Italian Front: Last Gasps on the Piave

Last episode we set the stage, on both sides of the line, for the actions of 1918. The Italians had just experienced a disaster at Caporetto, but they were recovering, the Austrians had

  • Wesley Livesay
14 min read
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Episode 152: The Italian Front: The Walking Wounded

We last visited the Italian front with the Austro-German attack named the Battle of Caporetto. In this attack the combined forces of Germany and Austria-Hungary had broken, at least temporarily, the stalemate that

  • Wesley Livesay
13 min read
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Episode 151: Middle East: The End

This week we take a look at the post-war Middle East both at Versailles and after. I want to start off by saying that this is not the only time we will discuss

  • Wesley Livesay
13 min read
Episodes

Episode 150: Middle East: Jerusalem by Christmas

This is our fifth episode in our chronicle of events in the Middle East in the last two years of the war. Last episode saw the British troops advance out of Egypt and

  • Wesley Livesay
17 min read
Episodes

Episode 149: Middle East: The Advance into Palestine

Over the last 3 episodes we have discussed the events in the Caucuses, in the Hejaz, and in Mesopotamia. Today we shift our focus to the fourth area of major operations in the

  • Wesley Livesay
13 min read

Episode 148: Middle East: Mesopotamia and Caucasus

During the last two episodes we have tracked the creation and events of the Arab Revolt in the Hejaz, in modern day Saudi Arabia. Today we will pull away from that story to

  • Wesley Livesay
17 min read
1918

Episode 147: Middle East: Arab Revolt Pt. 2

Last episode we discussed the start of the Arab Revolt in the Hejaz, modern day Saudi Arabia, and this week we will follow that revolt through to its end, or at least until

  • Wesley Livesay
16 min read
1918

Episode 146: Middle East: Arab Revolt Pt. 1

The planning for the Arab Revolt started right from the beginning of the war, and because of this a critical piece in its creation was the estimations of the Ottoman Empire by the

  • Wesley Livesay
16 min read
1918

Episode 145: The Beginning of the End

This episode is just a quick overview of what we will be discussing over the next 40 or so episodes over the coming year. I will also be introducing some questions that we

  • Wesley Livesay
11 min read
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Episode 144: Passchendaele: Mud and Misery

The Third Battle of Ypres, or the Battle of Passchendaele as it is sometimes called, has become synonymous with one thing, mud. Most of the battle would be fought in situations that seem

  • Wesley Livesay
78 min read

2017 Postmortem: Looking Back/Looking Forward

It has been a crazy year, for everybody who supports the show on Patreon, likes the page on Facebook, follows it on Twitter, or just listens to the episodes. Thank you. This post

  • Wesley Livesay
3 min read
1917

Episode 143: 1917 French Mutinies

After the attacks on the Chemin des Dames in the middle of April 1917 the French army would go through what they would at the time term acts of collective indiscipline, they are known to history as the 1917 French Mutinies.

  • Wesley Livesay
16 min read
1917

Episode 142: 1917 Offensives Pt. 4

This is our fourth and final episode on the Nivelle Offensive of 1917 and will also be quite a bit shorter than the previous two episodes. Today we will cover what happened after

  • Wesley Livesay
12 min read
1917

Episode 141: 1917 Offensives Pt. 3

This week is our third episode covering the Entente Spring offensives of 1917, and in this episode the attacks will begin. We are going to break down the attack into two areas, the

  • Wesley Livesay
22 min read
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Episode 140: 1917 Offensives Pt. 2

This week we continue our story of the French and British 1917 offensives. Last episode we focused mainly on the planning that occurred in late 1916 and early 1917 that would setup the

  • Wesley Livesay
21 min read
1917

Episode 139: 1917 Offensives Pt. 1

Today we begin a long series of episodes to finish out the year, all focusing on Western Front during 1917. I will be honest and say that I have held these until the

  • Wesley Livesay
17 min read
1917

Episode 138: The War in the Air Pt. 3

This episode is our third and last detailing the air war of 1916 and 1917 with our focus today being on the events of 1917. This penultimate year of the war would be

  • Wesley Livesay
22 min read
1917

Episode 137: The War in the Air Pt. 2

This is our second episode on the Air War over the front in 1916 and this week we will be focused solely on the air battle over the Somme. For the British, 1916

  • Wesley Livesay
19 min read
1917

Episode 136: The War in the Air Pt. 1

This episode sees us once again going back in time to 1916, and while we are there we are going to talk about the air war over the Western Front. The last time

  • Wesley Livesay
22 min read
1917

Episode 135: The Great Neutral Pt. 4

This is our fourth and final episode on how America entered the war in 1917 and what happened for the rest of that year. During this episode we are going to touch on

  • Wesley Livesay
2 min read
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Episode 134: The Great Neutral Pt. 3

This is our third episode on America's path into the war. Last episode we discussed America's road from neutrality in February 1917 to the declaration of war in April 1917 and this week

  • Wesley Livesay
16 min read
United States

Episode 133: The Great Neutral Pt. 2

This is our second episode on the path of America entering the war and last episode we covered some of the actions of the American government before 1917 and then discussed the Zimmermann

  • Wesley Livesay
17 min read
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Episode 132: The Great Neutral Pt. 1

This is the first of our four part series on how America entered the war. Before 1917 the United States was the capital G Great Neutral. The industrial and manpower base that the

  • Wesley Livesay
19 min read
1917

Episode 131: War Beneath the Waves Pt. 3

Last week saw the beginning of unrestricted submarine warfare for the Germans and throughout the first few months the campaign went quite well, with April 1917 being the best month of the entire

  • Wesley Livesay
17 min read
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