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
1918 Episode 159: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 3 After our first two episodes discussing the general state of the three armies on the Western Front in early 1918, in this episode we get down to details. First we will look at
1918 Episode 158: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 2 Last episode we discussed a lot about the German plans for 1918, this episode we shift our focus over to the situation of the Allies at the beginning of the year. Before I
1918 Episode 157: Kaiserschlacht Pt. 1 This episode begins a two month series of episodes on the German spring offensives of 1918. Between March and July 1918 the German army would launch five major operations on the Western Front.
1918 Episode 156: Air War 1918 In this episode we will once again be discussing the war in the air. I would describe this as something of a random topics episode. We will of course be discussing the role
Episodes Episode 155: Listener Questions Pt. 1 This is the first of at least 3 episode dedicated to listener questions for this year. Thank you to Patrick, Mike, Andy, and Owen for the questions this time. iTunes RSS The History
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
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
Episodes 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
Episodes 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
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
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
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
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
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
Episodes 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
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.
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
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
Episodes 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
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