News From The Front

We all know the story of Adolf Hitler's later career, but how many of us know about his First World War experiences? In this podcast we chart his service in the Great War from outbreak to defeat, looking at how he found a home in the army and how it shaped his future attitudes and actions. This podcast took a long time to research and write, so if you appreciate it, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me... The full transcript is here is you want to follow along, want more pictures, or can't wait for the next podcast to drop part two into your ears. Selected Bibliography (if you buy anything using these links, a small kickback helps to fund this podcast - go on, treat yourself!) Bibliography Hitler and Stalin – Alan Bullock - Buy it here The Third Reich – Michael Burleigh - Buy it here Hitler 1889-1936 – Hubris – Ian Kershaw - Buy it here Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with the transcripts of these podcasts, and other articles as they're written. It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/  ________________________________  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory

The small actions that took place around South Georgia, in the South Atlantic, were very much a sideshow when compared to the main conflict around the Falkland Islands. But, seeing as there’s nothing I like more than a sideshow, I thought a look at the Argentinian actions to take the islands and the British to take it back again was worth a closer look. This podcast took a long time to research and write, so if you appreciate it, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me... The full transcript is here is you want to follow along, want more pictures, or can't wait for the next podcast to drop part two into your ears. Selected Bibliography (if you buy anything using these links, a small kickback helps to fund this podcast - go on, treat yourself!) Bibliography The Falklands War – Martin Middlebrook – Buy it here. Forgotten Voices of the Falklands – Hugh McManners – Buy it here. Signals of War – Lawrence Freedman and Virginia Gamba-Stonehouse – Buy it here. Scram! – Harry Benson – Buy it here. Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with the transcripts of these podcasts, and other articles as they're written. It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/  ________________________________  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory

This is the first episode in a two-parter that looks at how alcohol was used and abused during the Great War. I this first episode we look at how booze was managed on the home front and how it was used on the front lines. This podcast took a long time to research and write, so if you appreciate it, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me... The full transcript is here is you want to follow along, want more pictures, or can't wait for the next podcast to drop part two into your ears. Selected Bibliography (if you buy anything using these links, a small kickback helps to fund this podcast - go on, treat yourself!) Bibliography Forgotten voices of the great war - Max Arthur, Buy the book Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and politics. – Dr Adrian Smith Buy the Book Passchendaele Requiem for doomed youth – Paul Ham. Buy the Book Fighter Heroes Of WW1 - Joshua Levine. Buy the book Robert Graves – From Great War poet to Good-bye to all that (1895-1929) – Jean Moorcraft Wilson. Buy the book No empty chairs - Ian Mackersey Buy the book National Archives – Pubs vs the First World War. Link Western Front Association – Alcohol in the trenches. Link  Vive le Pinard lyrics - Link Legion Magazine – Rum in the trenches. Link Fighting on borrowed wings: The combat experience of Americans serving with French and British units during the First World War. Kylle Nelleson. Link https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=cmh on remarkable, so read it Touring behind the lines: British soldiers in French towns and cities during the Great War - KRISTA COWMAN - Urban History, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2014). Link National Army Museum - Army Rum Jar exhibit. Link Kings' regulations and orders for the army 1912, with amendments for 1914. Link ________________________________  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with the transcripts of these podcasts, and other articles as they're written. It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This is the first episode in a two-parter that looks at how alcohol was used and abused during the Great War. I this first episode we look at how booze was managed on the home front and how it was used on the front lines. This podcast took a long time to research and write, so if you appreciate it, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me... The full transcript is here is you want to follow along, want more pictures, or can't wait for the next podcast to drop part two into your ears. Selected Bibliography (if you buy anything using these links, a small kickback helps to fund this podcast - go on, treat yourself!) Bibliography Forgotten voices of the great war - Max Arthur, Buy the book Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and politics. – Dr Adrian Smith Buy the Book Passchendaele Requiem for doomed youth – Paul Ham. Buy the Book Fighter Heroes Of WW1 - Joshua Levine. Buy the book Robert Graves – From Great War poet to Good-bye to all that (1895-1929) – Jean Moorcraft Wilson. Buy the book No empty chairs - Ian Mackersey Buy the book National Archives – Pubs vs the First World War. Link Western Front Association – Alcohol in the trenches. Link  Vive le Pinard lyrics - Link Legion Magazine – Rum in the trenches. Link Fighting on borrowed wings: The combat experience of Americans serving with French and British units during the First World War. Kylle Nelleson. Link https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=cmh on remarkable, so read it Touring behind the lines: British soldiers in French towns and cities during the Great War - KRISTA COWMAN - Urban History, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2014). Link National Army Museum - Army Rum Jar exhibit. Link Kings' regulations and orders for the army 1912, with amendments for 1914. Link ________________________________  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with the transcripts of these podcasts, and other articles as they're written. It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This is the second episode in a two-parter that looks at the propaganda war during the Great War. In it we look at how the British took the propaganda war against the Central Powers. This podcast took a long time to research and write, so if you appreciate it, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Selected Bibliography (if you buy anything using these links, a small kickback helps to fund this podcast) M.L Sanders and Philip M. Taylor, British Propaganda During the First World War, 1914-18 (London: MacMillan Company, 1982) - Buy the book Britain and Victory in the Great War - Peter Liddle, Pen & Sword 2018 The Pity of War - Niall Ferguson, London, Allen Lane: The Penguin Press, 1998, - Buy the book Munitions of the mind : a history of propaganda from the ancient world to the present era – Philip M. Taylor, Manchester University Press 2003 - Buy the book What Germany Intended in 1910 | Imperial War Museums (iwm.org.uk) https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/iowa-historical-review/article/id/1635/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022761 https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3110/1/Sorrie_Censorship_of_the_Press_in_France.pdf Propaganda at Home (Great Britain and Ireland) | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1) (1914-1918-online.net) https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/garde_civique ________________________________  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with the transcripts of these podcasts, and other articles as they're written. It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This is the first episode in a two-parter that looks at the propaganda war during the Great War. In it we look at the various propaganda organisations established by the warring parties and the efforts they took to influence opinion around the world. This podcast took a long time to research and write, so if you appreciate it, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Selected Bibliography (if you buy anything using these links, a small kickback helps to fund this podcast) M.L Sanders and Philip M. Taylor, British Propaganda During the First World War, 1914-18 (London: MacMillan Company, 1982) - Buy the book Britain and Victory in the Great War - Peter Liddle, Pen & Sword 2018 The Pity of War - Niall Ferguson, London, Allen Lane: The Penguin Press, 1998, - Buy the book Munitions of the mind : a history of propaganda from the ancient world to the present era – Philip M. Taylor, Manchester University Press 2003 - Buy the book What Germany Intended in 1910 | Imperial War Museums (iwm.org.uk) https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/iowa-historical-review/article/id/1635/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022761 https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3110/1/Sorrie_Censorship_of_the_Press_in_France.pdf Propaganda at Home (Great Britain and Ireland) | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1) (1914-1918-online.net) https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/garde_civique ________________________________  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with the transcripts of these podcasts, and other articles as they're written. It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode looks at the Armenian Genocide of May 1915 onwards. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode looks at the shell crisis that broke in May 1915, causing consternation in both the general public and in political circles. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode is the second of a two-parter looking at the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and their role in alleviating the manpower shortages experienced by Britain during the latter part of the Great War. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode is the first of a two-parter looking at the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and their role in alleviating the manpower shortages experienced by Britain during the latter part of the Great War. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode looks at a couple of recent anniversaries from 1915, the British and French naval blockade and the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode looks at a couple of recent anniversaries from 1915, the Sepoy Mutiny and the first use of new flamethrower tactics by the German Army on the Western Front. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode completes the two-parter on the Battle of Mons, with a look at the battle itself. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode begins a two-parter on the Battle of Mons. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter about the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode includes a review of the book Sailor in the Desert, by David Gunn. You can win a copy of the book by writing a nice review for the podcast and sending a link to your review to ww1thegreatwar@innovationworks-uk.co.uk . When I see your review, I'll enter you into the prize draw for the book, posted to to you, wherever in the world you happen to be!     Advertise on this podcast here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory

This episode looks at the events of the Battle of Dogger Bank, an Anglo-German naval encounter. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review or share it with someone who may enjoy it; these simple actions cost you nothing and would be very helpful...  Still reading? Check out the project on Substack and get regular emails with anniversaries for the weeks ahead. It's free to sign up for the basic email, and you can unsubscribe at any time. Additionally, if you take out a paid subscription to the Substack, you'll get access to the text of these podcasts.  https://19141918.substack.com/  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise on this podcast here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory

This episode looks at the preceding events that led to the Battle of Dogger Bank, an Anglo-German naval encounter. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory    Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter of new items relating to the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode covers the life and death of Manfred von Richthofen, or as he's more famously known, the Red Baron. This episode is going out on Armistice Day, the 11th November, so take a moment to remember those who served, those who never came back, those who returned, and those who were never the same again. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory    Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter of new items relating to the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode covers a few Great War anniversaries coming up over the next week. If you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review, it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory    Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter of new items relating to the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/

This episode is part two of a narrative of the raid on the Cuxhaven Zeppelin sheds on Christmas Day 1914. Oh, there's also an overview of Great War anniversaries coming up over the next week. BTW - if you appreciate this podcast, please leave a review it costs you nothing and would be very helpful to me...  Project website 1914-1918war.com Twitter @ww1thegreatwar Advertise here: https://www.podbean.com/greatwarhistory    Still reading? Check out the project on Substack for FREE and get regular emails with more WW1 articles and my weekly newsletter of new items relating to the Great War! It's free to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time https://19141918.substack.com/