Dec 1, 2025
In the prelude to the prelude of the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918, we set the clock back to December 1917 to look at the position of the Allies at that point in the war. Specifically, we look at French Army commander General Philippe Petain’s Directive No. 4 issued that month. In this short memo Petain advocated...
Nov 24, 2025
Cape Ann, Massachusetts resident Brett Hawkes comes on the podcast to discuss his long bicycle trips through France, where he followed in his Doughboy grandfather’s WW1 footsteps.
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Nov 12, 2025
This is a quick episode to make listeners aware of a fundraising drive by the New Ypres League to restore some of the post-WW1 demarcation stones in the Ypres, Belgium area.
Where to donate: https://www.newypresleague.com/
There will be a talk released in early December where the New Ypres League will go into more...
Nov 9, 2025
Educator and First World War enthusiast Kristin Stelfox comes on the podcast to discuss some of the first and pathbreaking American women war correspondents who covered the first years of the war.
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Oct 29, 2025
Writer Craig DeSteiguer joins us to tell the story of his grandfather John Horace Merriman, who was deeply affected by his First World War-era service.
“Death in the Trench"
Let me sing no whispers of war.
Let me tear my eyes, of all death…that lay.
Let me hold the hand of their last breath.
Let me pray their...