Episode – 1948 : The Sinking of the Lusitania Podcast Transcript On May 7, 1915, nearly a year into the First World War, the British steamship RMS Lusitania was sunk […]
Episode – 1942 : The Eastern Front of World War I
Episode – 1942 : The Eastern Front of World War I Podcast Transcript During the First World War, most of the attention, at least in the West, was focused on […]
Episode – 1813 : The French Army Mutinies of 1917
Episode – 1813 : The French Army Mutinies of 1917 Podcast transcript In late May and early June of 1917, the French Army faced what could have been an existential […]
Episode – 1376 : Sergeant York
Episode – 1376 : Sergeant York Podcast Transcript In October 1918, just weeks before the end of the First World War, one of the most incredible feats of military valor […]
Episode – 1197 : Zone Rouge and the Iron Harvest
Episode – 1197 : Zone Rouge and the Iron Harvest Podcast Transcript The First World War was one of the most devastating conflicts in human history. When the armistice was […]
Episode – 0902 : The Christmas Truce of 1914
Episode – 0902 : The Christmas Truce of 1914 Podcast Transcript On Christmas Eve, 1914, something remarkable happened on the western front during the First World War. Soldiers in the […]
Episode – 0896 : The Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers
Episode – 0896 : The Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers Podcast Transcript After the horrors of the first world war, many of the nations in the conflict sought to build […]
Episode – 0879 : The Red Baron
Episode – 0879 : The Red Baron Podcast Transcript The First World War saw many innovations in warfare. Probably the most significant was the introduction of aircraft. The first military […]
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari Podcast Transcript During World War I, a Dutch dancer and courtesan was recruited by the French as a spy. However, not long after this, […]
Episode – 0595 : The Kiel Mutiny
Episode – 0595 : The Kiel Mutiny Podcast Transcript In the last days of the first world war, an event occurred which resulted in the rapid collapse of the German […]
Episode – 0493 : The Treaty of Versailles
Episode – 0493 : The Treaty of Versailles Podcast Transcript On November 11th, 1918, the first world war came to an end. Or to be more precise, the fighting stopped. […]
Episode – 0414 : The Schlieffen Plan
Episode – 0414 : The Schlieffen Plan Podcast Transcript When the Austro-Hungarian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated it set off a chain reaction resulting in the First World War. […]
Episode – 0377 : The Last Soldier to Die in World War I
Episode – 0377 : The Last Soldier to Die in World War I Podcast Transcript At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the […]
Episode – 0288 : The Halifax Explosion
Episode – 0288 : The Halifax Explosion Transcript On December 6, 1917, one of the greatest tragedies of World War I took place. In a single instant, 2,000 people, mostly […]
Episode – 0236 : The Zimmerman Telegram
Episode – 0236 : The Zimmerman Telegram Transcript In 1917, British Intelligence intercepted a diplomatic telegram between Germany and Mexico. The contents of the telegram contained information that had the […]
Episode – 0128 : The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Episode – 0128 : The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand Transcript Scientists have coined a term called the Butterfly Effect, where small changes in one thing can lead to […]