1918 Episode 181: Listener Questions Pt. 3 With the armistice coming into effect on the Western Front on November 11th, 1918, the fighting in Western Europe would be over. For the centenary I jumped into the list of listener questions
Patreon Preview Patreon Preview: Neutral Spain This 2017 Patreon episode covers Spain, a country that technically stayed out of the war, but which still felt its effects. This is the second of two Patreon Preview episodes before the lengthy series of Paris Peace Conference episodes begins in late November.
Patreon Preview Patreon Preview: Trench Raids This 2017 Patreon episode take a look at a near constant fact of life on the Western Front, Trench Raids. This is the first of two Patreon Preview episodes before the lengthy series
1918 Episode 180: The Great Influenza Pt. 2 The Great Influenza would spread around the world in 1918 and 1919, and leave destruction in its wake.
1918 Episode 179: The Great Influenza Pt. 1 In 1918, as war raged in Europe a new, more deadly foe joined the battle.
1918 Episode 178: The Armistice Pt. 3 - Aftermath After the signing of the armistice the German Army and Navy had to come to terms with what came next.
1918 Episode 176: The Armistice Pt. 1 - The Situation at Home Why did the leaders of Germany and Austria-Hungary need an armistice? What did they try to do to keep their countries together?
1918 Episode 175: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 9 - Racing to the End This is our final episode about the military conflict at the front before we shift gears next episode to discuss the events around the armistice. This is something of a milestone because it
1918 Episode 174: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 8 - The Last Offensive We now enter the last two episodes of our series on the 100 days, the final Allied offensives of the war. Today we will be looking at the allied offensive effort which began
1918 Episode 173: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 7 - Attack, Attack, Attack This will be our third and final episode about the American led Meuse-Argonne offensive. We will cover the entire month of October and then the beginning of November, right up to the armistice.
1918 Episode 172: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 6 - The Lost Battalion This week the American attacks in the Meuse-Argonne offensive continue, but we also take a bit of a break from the larger story to focus on a much smaller one. When the attacks
1918 Episode 171: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 5 - War is Hell Last episode we discussed the American attack at St. Mihiel, this week we will focus on their attack during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. It was here that Foch had tasked the Americans with attacking
1918 Episode 170: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 4 - Americans This is our fourth episode covering the Allied offensives that ended the war, and this episode will be the first of I think 3 that will focus almost solely on the American Expeditionary
1918 Episode 169: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 3 - Onward from Amiens The Allies would have to determine how best to carry forward their attack and how best to capitalize on their previous success. We will cover the continuation of the attack at Amiens all
1918 Episode 168: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 2 - The Black Day Last episode we discussed the end of the German offensives and the beginning of the Allied counter attacks beginning with the Second Battle of the Marne. This episodes those attacks continue, this time
1918 Episode 167: The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 1 - Second Battle of the Marne This is it, the start of the last big series of episodes before we arrive at the armistice on November 11th 1918. Over the next 9 or so episodes we will see the
1918 Episode 166: Listener Questions Pt. 2 Question Time! In which we answer some questions from some listeners. Be sure to send in your questions to get them answered. iTunes RSS The History of the Great war is also available
1918 Episode 165: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 9 This episode represents our last on the German Spring offensives. We are going to spend the first half of the episode focusing on some of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Forces,
Episodes Episode 164: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 8 This episode continues our series on the German Spring offensives of 1918 and after the first two attacks, Michael and Georgette, targetted the British for thei third effort the Germans would move south.
1918 Episode 163: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 7 Last episode we wrapped up our story of Operation Michael, the first of what would eventually be 5 German offensives in spring and summer 1918. This episode we continue past Operation Michael and
1918 Episode 162: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 6 This is our sixth episode on the German spring offensives of 1918, last episode we discussed the events of Operation Michael after the first day of the attacks, we discussed the decisions made
Episodes Premium Episode 30: Czech Legion Pt. 1 This is a story that I knew absolutely nothing about until about two years ago when I stumbled upon it while researching for the Russian Revolution episodes last year. It is the story
Episodes Episode 161: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 5 This is our fifth episode covering the events of the German Spring offensives, and last episode the first major German attack on the Western Front, Operation Michael began. Throughout the day on March
1918 Episode 160: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 4 For almost 4 years the western front had been mostly static, but all of that was about to change. For almost 4 years both sides had been throwing themselves at the other without