Episode 103: The Battle of the Somme Pt.14
This week we come to the end. This will be our 14th and last episode on the Battle of the Somme as we look at the last two month of fighting in October
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Episode 102: The Battle of the Somme Pt.13
Our story today begins in September as the Battle of the Somme enters its third month and while the fighting would continue all the way until November this would be the month of
Episode 101: The Battle of the Somme Pt.12
This week we take our Somme narrative out of the fateful month of July and into August. In his book The Somme: Darkest Hour on the Western Front Peter Hart would say that
Episode 99: The Battle of the Somme Pt.11
This week is our 11th chronicling the battle of the Somme and we move onto the next set of attacks during the last 8 days of July which would be launched by the
Episode 98: The Battle of the Somme Pt.10
This week we move onto what was sort of the second big attack on the Somme, or the second big British effort anyway, which would take place on the 14th of July. While
Episode 97: The Battle of the Somme Pt.9
After July 2nd the first attacks on the Somme were over, but there were more planned and they would happen very soon. The British did need a few days to catch there breath
Episode 95: The Battle of the Somme Pt.7
This will be our last episode detailing the events of July 1st, 1916. It has been several now, this will be our 4th. In the first three episodes we discussed little but completely
Episode 94: The Battle of the Somme Pt.6
Today we continue our story of the attacks during the Battle of the Somme on the first of July 1916. We continue our journey south by looking at the attacks of the third
Episode 93: The Battle of the Somme Pt.5
Last week saw the beginning of the attack and we also looked at the ill-fated attack by the British 7th Corps in their diversionary role to the north of the main effort by
Episode 92: The Battle of the Somme Pt.4
This episode, and the next three episodes after it will focus strictly on the events of July the 1st, making it I think the most covered day in the history of our podcast.
Episode 91: The Battle of the Somme Pt.3
The battle of the Somme was proceeded by a full week of artillery fire, constantly raining down shells on the German lines. What were they hoping to do with this fire? How were
Episode 90: The Battle of the Somme Pt.2
Last episode we talked a lot about the events leading up to the British and French agreeing to attack on both sides of the river Somme in the summer of 1916. We also