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
Premium Premium Episode 13: Berlin to Baghdad Railroad In our third episodes discussing railroads during the war we discuss a prewar engineering project that sought to build a railroad through the Middle East from Constantinople to Baghdad. To get access to
Premium Premium Episode 12: Railroads Pt.2 In the second part of our series on the railroads of Europe during the war we talk about the British railways, one of the greatest rail disasters in history, and some specialized railroads
Premium Premium Episode 11: Railroads Pt. 1 In the new premium episode we look at the development, and the challenges, of the French and German railways in the century before the war. This will be the first in a three
Episodes Premium Episode 10: Tanks Pt.2 Last episode we discussed a bit about the early developments of the tank before it went into battle in September 1916. This included the early designs and changes to what would become known
Episodes Premium Episode 9: Tanks Pt. 1 With the 100th anniversary of the appearance of the tank on the battlefield in September 1916, we look back at the evolution of the tank from the ridiculous designs on a drawing board
Episodes Premium Episode 8: Neutral Europe The second episode in our two part series examining some of the neutral countries around Europe continues. This time we look at what is happening in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and The Netherlands. To
Episodes Premium Episode 7: Neutral Spain The first episode of the two part series looking at some of the neutral countries around Europe is now available to Patreon supporters. In this episode we take a look at what was
Episodes Premium Episode 6: A Re-examination of the Cavalry: The War Our examination of the cavalry during the First World War continues as we discuss the actions of the cavalry during the last two years of the war as the British leadership struggles to
Episodes Premium Episode 5: A Re-examination of the Cavalry: The War Before the War Our examination of the cavalry during the First World War continues as we discuss the arguments that would occur in the British government after the Boer War and the cavalry actions of the
Episodes Premium Episode 4: A Re-examination of the Cavalry: The Boer War Our examination of the cavalry during the First World War continues as we discuss the British experiences in the Second Boer War and the reaction afterwards. It was an interesting time in Britain
Episodes Premium Episode 3: A Re-examination of the Cavalry This episode is about cavalry, no not the charge of the Scots Greys from the image above (although that is quite possibly the best painting of a battle ever) but instead the role
1916 Premium Episode 2: Falkenhayn Annotated Pt. 2 This episode we will be covering the first half of the second chapter of Falkenhayn's book, which looks at the situation in the West when Falkenhayn took over command of the German army.
1916 Premium Episode 1: Falkenhayn Annotated Pt. 1 The first chapter, which you will be hearing in just a bit discusses the situation when Falkenhayn took command in 1914. It tries to justify two things, and spends almost the entire length