Battles of the First World War Podcast

A review of Lawrence Kaplan?s new book, ?Pershing?s Tankers: Personal Accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I,? and a couple of excerpts from men of the AEF 301st Tank Battalion.

 

Book link here:

 

https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=Pershing%27s+Tankers

 

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The Germans and Russians are ready to fight, and each gives battle. The Russian 1st Army invades East Prussia from the east, and meets German 8th Army forces at Stallupönen. Both sides clash again at Gumbinnen, where the Germans suffer a stinging defeat that sets off a panic within 8th Army headquarters. 

 

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The beginning of World War I in the summer of 1914 saw Germany faced with fighting a two-front war. Its legions marched into France to defeat that nation first, while in the east just one field army was tasked with holding back an inevitable Russian invasion. This episode will set the stage for the opening of the Great War?s Eastern Front. 

 

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Author and historian Dr. Allison Finkelstein comes on the podcast to discuss her book, Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945.

 

From Dr. Finkelstein?s website: In Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917?1945, Allison S. Finkelstein argues that American women activists considered their own community service and veteran advocacy to be forms of commemoration just as significant and effective as other, more traditional forms of commemoration such as memorials. Finkelstein employs the term ?veteranism? to describe these women?s overarching philosophy that supporting, aiding, and caring for those who serve needed to be a chief concern of American citizens, civic groups, and the government in the war?s aftermath. However, these women did not express their views solely through their support for veterans of a military service narrowly defined as a group predominantly composed of men and just a few women. Rather, they defined anyone who served or sacrificed during the war, including women like themselves, as veterans.

 

These women veteranists believed that memorialization projects that centered on the people who served and sacrificed was the most appropriate type of postwar commemoration. They passionately advocated for memorials that could help living veterans and the families of deceased service members at a time when postwar monument construction surged at home and abroad. Finkelstein argues that by rejecting or adapting traditional monuments or by embracing aspects of the living memorial building movement, female veteranists placed the plight of all veterans at the center of their commemoration efforts. Their projects included diverse acts of service and advocacy on behalf of people they considered veterans and their families as they pushed to infuse American memorial traditions with their philosophy. In doing so, these women pioneered a relatively new form of commemoration that impacted American practices of remembrance, encouraging Americans to rethink their approach and provided new definitions of what constitutes a memorial. In the process, they shifted the course of American practices, even though their memorialization methods did not achieve the widespread acceptance they had hoped it would.

 

Meticulously researched, Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials utilizes little-studied sources and reinterprets more familiar ones. In addition to the words and records of the women themselves, Finkelstein analyzes cultural landscapes and ephemeral projects to reconstruct the evidence of their influence. Readers will come away with a better understanding of how American women supported the military from outside its ranks before they could fully serve from within, principally through action-based methods of commemoration that remain all the more relevant today.

 

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) awarded this book the 2022 Arline Custer Memorial Award for the best book written in the Mid-Atlantic region.

We have a promo code exclusively for BFWWP listeners! Use BATTLE24 to unlock a 30% discount on either format of the book when ordering directly from our website at:

 

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Part 4 of the ongoing discussion looks at the French Army in 1915: an often overlooked year, it was a year of ?carnage, optimism, and learning,? as Alex says in the talk. Fighting to keep pressure on the German invader and relieve pressure on the WW1 Russian Front, the French faced a long year where that optimism took several body blows; it was a year where the French Poilu learned this would be a long and terrible war. 

  

This was a fascinating conversation as always, and you really need to listen for the part where Jim Taub talks about handling and firing a Chauchat light machine gun!

 

Joining us for this discussion are:

 

Alex Lyons, the man who spends his free time telling us the story of his Poilu great-grandfather on Twitter,

Steve Marsdin, a student and researcher of the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers and its effects,

Jim Smithson, author of ?A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe. The Opening Phase of the Battle of Arras 9-14 April 1917? and two guide books on the Arras battlefields

James Taub, Associate Curator at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA, and a public historian with a specialty in French history, and its presentation to American audiences.

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New year, new opportunity to see the AEF battlefields of France! That?s right, Rob and I are launching the 2024 Lost Battalion Tours Meuse-Argonne Tour. 

Tour dates are July 03 - 09, 2024, and we?ll be visiting the following stops:

 

- Vauquois Hill and the 35th Division area,

- the Montfaucon Memorial

- Hill 285 and Le Chene Tondu in the Argonne,

- the Crown Prince?s bunker complex,

- the German war cemetery near Apremont,

- Exermont,

- a Medal of Honor Day visiting the sites of Barkley, Woodfill, and York,

a complete tour of the Lost Battalion site (including both entrapment sites),

- the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery,

- site of SGT Henry Gunther's death (last US KIA),

- an "Indiana Jones" moment where we explore a new site for all of us,  

- a day exploring the battlefield and town of Verdun,

- and so much more!

 

Special requests in case are also possible if there is something important to you that you would like to see.

 

Details in the episode ? do give it a listen!

 

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An early Christmas gift for the BFWWP community--the battle of Fismes in summer 1918. This was a Patreon release, so you'll hear the old scores used in the episode.

 

Following the German Friedensturm offensive in July 1918, the Allies struck back with a counteroffensive that shifted the momentum of the war in the Allies? favor. Through the rest of July the Germans retreated from their Marne salient, steadily pursued by the French and American forces.

 

When the Germans retreated behind the River Vesle, American troops encountered obstacles not common to the Great War battlefield: the town of Fismes and its sister village of Fismette. Both would have to be cleared of German troops for the advance to continue. 

 

August 1918 saw weeks of staggering violence as American Doughboys and German Frontkaempfer fought tooth and nail for the ruins of these towns. 

 

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The Hello Girls of the WW1 US Army have never been officially recognized for the groundbreaking service they provided as America?s first women soldiers. In this call to action, an incredible group of people came on to talk about why the Hello Girls should receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

 

Joining us are:

 

Ms. Catherine Bourgin, granddaughter of Hello Girl Marie Edmee LeRoux

Mr. Daniel Dayton, Executive Director of the World War I Centennial Commission

Dr. Allison S. Finkelstein, Senior Historian at Arlington National Cemetery

Ms. Claudia Friddell, award winning author of ?Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call?

COL Linda Jantzen, United States Army Signal Corps, Retired

Carolyn Timbie, granddaughter of Grace Banker, Chief Operator of the 1st women's telephone unit that sailed to France in March, 1918

Ms. Phyllis J. Wilson, President of the Military Women?s Memorial in Arlington, VA

Support a Congressional Gold Medal for the WWI Hello Girls! Instructions are here:

 

https://ww1cc.org/715-valor-medals/valor-medals-meet-the-heroes/7321-hello-girls-congress.html

 

US listeners, call your Congressional Representatives today!

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Historian, novelist, and documentary filmmaker Dr. Elizabeth Cobbs joins the podcast to discuss her 2019 book on the story of the US Army Signal Corps? ?Hello Girls,? the American Army?s first female soldiers. 

 

Book link: http://elizabethcobbs.com/the-hello-girls

 

Elizabeth Cobbs? website: http://elizabethcobbs.com/

 

Support a Congressional Gold Medal for the WWI Hello Girls!

 

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Historian Peter Belmonte joins the podcast to discuss his latest collaboration with Alexander Barnes on lesser known aspects of the United States? participation in the First World War. The story of how the AEF was supplied with ?bullets, bandages, and beans? is just as fascinating as the tales we?ve often heard from the front.

 

Book link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63389152-bullets-bandages-and-beans

 

Johnson Hagood?s ?The Services of Supply: A Memoir of the Great War? Link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Services_of_Supply/4LoBAAAAMAAJ?hl=en

 

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In the last days of the First World War, the Americans continued to pursue and batter German forces as they retreated behind the River Meuse. Even as armistice negotiations began, the AEF continued attacking. 

 

It kept doing so until the guns fell silent at 11:00 am on the 11th of November, 1918. 

 

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Dr. Clint Heacock of the Mindshift Podcast joins us to discuss his second-favorite subject, the First World War. Today he talks to us about the life and experiences of Phillip Gibbs, a British war correspondent during the Great War.

 

Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/

 

?Now It Can Be Told? by Philip Gibbs: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3317

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In the last days of WW1, some AEF commanders in the Meuse-Argonne embarked on a rash, dangerous, and deadly race for a coveted battlefield prize.

 

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James Gregory and Steve Girard come on the podcast to discuss James? latest article in the US Army?s Infantry journal ?Cottonbalers in the Wood: The Forgotten Role of the 7th Infantry Regiment at Belleau Wood.?

 

Read the article here: 

 

https://www.moore.army.mil/infantry/magazine/issues/2023/Summer/PDF/Summer23_INFMag.pdf

 

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LTG Hunter Liggett?s patience, preparations, and plans all come together on November 1, 1918, when his new attack is launched. 

 

The AEF breaks through.

 

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AEF 1st Army?s corps shape the battlefield as they fight to secure jump-off points or divert enemy forces for LTG Hunter Liggett?s next attack plan. The 78th, 89th, 3rd, and 26th Divisions fight sharp battles within their sectors. 

 

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Robert J. Laplander and I collaborated on creating an audiobook version of his book ?Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic? and here it finally is. 

 

The audio version of ?Finding the Lost Battalion? comes to you in podcast form, ready to download and provide nearly 36 hours of the retelling of America?s WW1 epic of devastating modern battle and indomitable bravery under horrific conditions. 

 

Purchase here for $25 USD:

 

https://battlesofthefirstworldwar.supportingcast.fm/

 

Also available through Spotify:

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0qcRm8x3W7gpbFjOk78Z6L

 

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A look at the American Air Service during the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

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From Dr. Williams? website: When W. E. B. Du Bois, believing in the possibility of full citizenship and democratic change, encouraged African Americans to ?close ranks? and support the Allied cause in World War I, he made a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Seeking both intellectual clarity and personal atonement, for more than two decades Du Bois attempted to write the definitive history of Black participation in World War I. His book, however, remained unfinished. In The Wounded World, Chad Williams offers the dramatic account of Du Bois?s failed efforts to complete what would have been one of his most significant works. The surprising story of this unpublished book offers new insight into Du Bois?s struggles to reckon with both the history and the troubling memory of the war, along with the broader meanings of race and democracy for Black people in the twentieth century.

 

Drawing on a broad range of sources, most notably Du Bois?s unpublished manuscript and research materials, Williams tells a sweeping story of hope, betrayal, disillusionment, and transformation, setting into motion a fresh understanding of the life and mind of arguably the most significant scholar-activist in African American history. In uncovering what happened to Du Bois?s largely forgotten book, Williams offers a captivating reminder of the importance of World War I, why it mattered to Du Bois, and why it continues to matter today.

 

Where to buy:

 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wounded-world-w-e-b-du-bois-and-the-first-world-war-chad-l-williams/18402495?ean=9780374293154

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Part 3 of the ongoing discussion looks at the French Army in 1914: its readiness for a potential conflict with Germany, its underlying preparation and strategy for war, and its performance in the battles that raged in the summer and autumn of that year. 

 

Joining us for this discussion are:

 

Christina Holstein, author of several incredible guides to the Verdun battlefield, amongst other published works and articles,

Steve Marsdin, a student and researcher of the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers and its effects,

Jim Smithson, author of ?A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe. The Opening Phase of the Battle of Arras 9-14 April 1917? and two guide books on the Arras battlefields

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In this episode we discuss the book ?The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917? by Helion & Co Ltd, the 4th in a series of books looking at the development of the BEF on the Western Front throughout the First World War.

 

Joining us for this discussion are:

Dr. Spencer Jones, Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton

Dr. Michael LoCicero, independent scholar and Helion & Co Publishing and Series Editor

Alexander Falbo-Wild, historian, researcher, and professional military educator

James Taub, Associate Curator at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA whose focus is the ?British, French, and American experience of 1914-18 with particular focus on the average fighting man?

 

Link to the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59558585-the-darkest-year

 

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A firsthand look at what it meant to attack and take an enemy position during WW1.

 

Many thanks to Alex Lyons for the inspiration for this episode. Thanks, man!

Link to Henri Desagneaux?s memoir:

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22219805-a-french-soldier-s-war-diary-1914-1918

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Steven Girard, US Army veteran and veteran battlefield guide, comes back on the podcast to discuss the American Expeditionary Force?s 2nd Division during the First World War. 

 

Note: The 2nd Division was organized at Bourmont, France. 

 

Villages & towns of note:

 

Landres-et-St. Georges

 

Imécourt

 

Mouzon

 

Koblenz, Germany

 

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The story behind a famous photograph from the First World War of the men of 10th (Service) Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in the Arras sector in 1917.

 

Chris Baker?s article: 

 

https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/10th-scottish-rifles-trench-raid-and-an-oft-used-photograph/

 

Many thanks to Chris for permission to use his article.

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This episode we are joined by the powerhouse team of Alex Churchill & Beth Moore to talk about the Great War Group that they created and run with their crack team. What a great conversation. 

 

Join the Great War Group!

 

https://greatwargroup.com/

 

Check out Istoria Travel:

 

https://www.istoriatravel.org/

 

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Randy Gaulke, WW1 historian and founder of Knee Deep in History Tours, returns to the podcast to talk about the state of the German Army in October 1918. 

 

Join Randy at Knee Deep Into History:

https://kneedeepintohistory.com/

 

Randy?s bibliography:

 

Asprey, Robert B. The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct WW1.

 

Lengel, Edward G., Editor. A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

 

McEntee, Girard Lindsley, Col. US Army (Retired). Military History of The World War: A Complete Account of the Campaigns on all Fronts Accompanied by 456 Maps and Diagrams. Charles Scribner?s Sons, New York, 1943.

 

Moyer, Laurence. Victory Must be Ours: Germany in the Great War, 1914-1918. Hippocrene Books, New York.

 

United States War Office. Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), London Stamp Exchange LTD., 1989.

 

Watson, Alexander. Enduring the Great War: Combat Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914 ? 1918. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

 

Zabecki, David T. The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War.

Routledge, Oxon and New York, 2006.

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Part 2 of the ongoing discussion looks at misconceptions about the French Army, and French personalities of the war we should know about but, for reasons, do not. We wrap up with some advice on visiting the French battlefields of the Great War: guide books, how to prepare, what to expect, etc.

 

This was another conversation that deeply impressed me with the breadth and depth of knowledge of the participants. Like I say in the introduction, grab a notebook and a pen, because you are about to learn a lot.

 

Joining us for this discussion are:

 

Christina Holstein, author of several incredible guides to the Verdun battlefield, amongst other published works and articles,

Alex Lyons, the man who spends his free time telling us the story of his Poilu great-grandfather on Twitter,

Steve Marsdin, a student and researcher of the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers and its effects,

Jim Smithson, author of ?A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe. The Opening Phase of the Battle of Arras 9-14 April 1917? and two guide books on the Arras battlefields,

James Taub, Associate Curator at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA, and a public historian with a specialty in French history, and its presentation to American audiences.

 

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LTG Hunter Liggett took command of the American Expeditionary Force?s 1st Army in October of 1918. He had his work cut out for him?1st Army desperately needed reorganizing, refitting, and retraining. 

 

Robert J. Laplander and I collaborated on creating an audiobook version of his book ?Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic? and here it finally is. 

 

The audio version of ?Finding the Lost Battalion? comes to you in podcast form, ready to download and provide nearly 36 hours of the retelling of America?s WW1 epic of devastating modern battle and indomitable bravery under horrific conditions. 

 

Purchase here for $25 USD:

 

https://battlesofthefirstworldwar.supportingcast.fm/

 

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https://open.spotify.com/show/0qcRm8x3W7gpbFjOk78Z6L

 

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US Army National Guard officer and historian Jonathan Bratten comes on the podcast to discuss his book, ?To the Last Man: A National Guard Regiment in the Great War, 1917-1919.? The regiment discussed is the 103rd Infantry Regiment, a unit in the 26th ?Yankee? Division. 

 

Jonathan joins us to discuss the 103rd?s engagements in the Meuse-Argonne in October 1918.

Link to the book:

 

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/to-the-last-man.pdf

 

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This was so much fun to host?with the help of Alex Lyons, a fantastic group of WW1 enthusiasts were gathered for what will be the first of a multi-part series of discussions of the French Army and the French experience during WW1. 

 

France went to war in 1914 as a country of 40 million people. Its army went to war in 19th century uniforms of dark blue tunics and red trousers, calling up 8.5 million Frenchmen over the next four devastating years. When the guns went silent in November 1918, the Adrian-helmeted and horizon-blue clad PCFs? pauvre con du front, or poor bastards at the front?had seen 1.4 million of their brothers fall on the field of battle, with another 4.2 million wounded?a million of those wounded significantly disabled for the rest of their lives. 

 

Joining us for this discussion are:

Bart Debeer, who co-wrote a Dutch-language Western Front Guide for Beginners with a friend Bryn Hammond, whose blog ?Vingt Frong?  aims to ?awaken interest in the French experience of the First World War in an English-speaking audience,? Alex Lyons, the man who spends his free time telling us the story of his Poilu great-grandfather on Twitter, Steve Marsdin, a student and researcher of the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers and its effects, Jim Smithson, author of ?A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe. The Opening Phase of the Battle of Arras 9-14 April 1917? and two guide books on the Arras battlefields, Dr. Rich Willis, author of the forthcoming ?Fighting for the Butcher: British Troops Fighting in General Mangin?s Xe Armée, July-August 1918?

 

I?m really excited to present this first discussion on these fascinating topics, and I hope you enjoy this first talk. 

 

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The second of a two-episode look at the Commander-in-Chief of the AEF, GEN John J. Pershing, from the personal to the professional.

 

Robert J. Laplander and I collaborated on creating an audiobook version of his book ?Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic? and here it finally is. 

 

The audio version of ?Finding the Lost Battalion? comes to you in podcast form, ready to download and provide nearly 36 hours of the retelling of America?s WW1 epic of devastating modern battle and indomitable bravery under horrific conditions. 

 

Purchase here for $25 USD:

 

https://battlesofthefirstworldwar.supportingcast.fm/

 

Also available through Spotify:

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0qcRm8x3W7gpbFjOk78Z6L

 

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The first of a two-episode look at the Commander-in-Chief of the AEF, GEN John J. Pershing, from the personal to the professional.

 

Link to Roger Steward?s upcoming book: 

 

https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/reclaiming-the-salient-resurrecting-the-great-war-battlegrounds-of-flanders-fields.php?sid=018fc7cc39777a571b22a1bf97452b9e

 

Robert J. Laplander and I collaborated on creating an audiobook version of his book ?Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic? and here it finally is. 

 

The audio version of ?Finding the Lost Battalion? comes to you in podcast form, ready to download and provide nearly 36 hours of the retelling of America?s WW1 epic of devastating modern battle and indomitable bravery under horrific conditions. 

 

Purchase here for $25 USD:

 

https://battlesofthefirstworldwar.supportingcast.fm/

 

Also available through Spotify:

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0qcRm8x3W7gpbFjOk78Z6L

 

The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. 

 

Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter at @WW1podcast, the Battles of the First World War Podcast page on FaceBook, and on Instagram at @WW1battlecast. Not into social media? Email me directly at [email protected]. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

This episode doesn?t have too much to do with the First World War, but it was really fun to do. My great friend Jake has been asking me to do this for a while, saying that the BFWWP community doesn?t know enough about me personally. So, we got together and made it happen. 

 

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Great War historian and writer Alex Lyons joined me on an evening in the UK to let us into a very personal and ground-level account of a French soldier in the First World War: through the letters of his great-grandfather, Jules André Destrigneville.

 

Alex has been composing tweets of Jules? letters, cross-referenced against unit histories, orders, and other soldiers? accounts. He has also written articles for the Great War Group?s excellent publication, Salient Points. Having the time to talk with Alex about his great-grandfather?s experiences and the general experience of French soldiers in World War I was an immensely rewarding time, and I think you?ll enjoy it. 

 

Correction: deep into the episode Alex and I discuss some of the ranks in the French Army, specifically those of sous-officiers and officiers.

 

Sous-officiers are those of NonCommissioned Officers, and are the ranks of Caporal, Sergeant, and Adjutant and their various grades. Officiers are officer ranks, beginning at Sous Lieutenant and going all the way up to Général.

 

Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ri315e

 

Link for the Great War Group: https://greatwargroup.com/

 

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Robert J. Laplander and I collaborated on creating an audiobook version of his book ?Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic? and here it finally is. 

 

The audio version of ?Finding the Lost Battalion? comes to you in podcast form, ready to download and provide nearly 36 hours of the retelling of America?s WW1 epic of devastating modern battle and indomitable bravery under horrific conditions. 

 

Purchase here for $25 USD:

 

https://battlesofthefirstworldwar.supportingcast.fm/

 

Also available through Spotify:

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0qcRm8x3W7gpbFjOk78Z6L

 

Available for purchase as a gift as well. We do hope you will enjoy this unforgettable story.

 

Many thanks to Cullen Burke of the Cauldron Podcast: A History of the World Battle by Battle, who recorded the intro announcement and legal notes for us. Cullen has a voice made for this sort of thing. 

 

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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cauldron-a-military-history-podcast/id1345505888

 

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After a day of mixed success, the 42d ?Rainbow? Division fixes its sights on taking the Côte de Chátillon. The hill is yet another link in the German defensive line that must be broken in order to advance.

Villages of note:

 

Sommerance

 

St. Georges

 

Landres-et-St. Georges

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Join us for a great discussion with Blackmill Games? CEO Jos Hoebe on their latest WW1 video game,  ?WW1 Italian Front: Isonzo.? 

 

Jos takes us through his creative process and the research that goes into the games he and his team create. He takes us back to what started his passion for history and where, and you?ll be pleasantly surprised where that ?where? is. The world is full of vibrant and creative people who are passionate about what they do, and Jos Hoebe is one of them. 

 

Check out the Isonzo game trailer here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556790/Isonzo/

 

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James Gregory comes back on the podcast to discuss his forthcoming book, ?Unraveling the Myth of Sgt. Alvin York: The Other Sixteen.? 

 

Link to the book: 

 

https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781648430756/unraveling-the-myth-of-sgt-alvin-york/#:~:text=In%20Unraveling%20the%20Myth%20of,the%20shadow%20of%20Sergeant%20York.

 

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A short review of Roger Steward?s book ?Studentenfriedhof to Soldatenfriedhof: A History of Langemark German Cemetery and Self-Guided Tour.?

 

If you?re visiting the Ypres area, please get in touch with Roger Steward of Ypres Battlefields Tours:

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FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ypresbattlefieldtours.be

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Link to Roger?s book, ?Studentenfriedhof to Soldatenfriedhof: A History of the Langemark German Cemetery and self-guided tour:?

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59249678-studentenfriedhof-to-soldatenfriedhof

 

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October 14th, 1918, the AEF launched yet another attempt at smashing through the third German position in the Meuse, the Kriemhilde Stellung. The 42d and 5th Divisions would attempt a double envelopment while the 32d Division would once again attack the formidable Côte Dame Marie.

Villages of note:

 

Romagne-sous-Montfaucon

 

Bantheville

 

Sommerance

 

St. Georges

 

Landres-et-St. Georges

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University of Oklahoma PhD candidate James Gregory joins us on the podcast to discuss a forgotten front of the First World War: the US Marines? time in the trenches of the Toulon sector in early 1918. 

 

Marine Corps History Journal:

 

https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/798

 

Through the Eyes of a Marine: The World War I Photographs of Sgt. Clarence H. Douglass

By James Gregory:

 

https://www.lulu.com/shop/james-p-gregory-jr/through-the-eyes-of-a-marine/hardcover/product-enek7p.html?page=1&pageSize=4

 

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On October 12th, 1918, 1LT Sam Woodfill of 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 5th Division, AEF, took matters into his own hands when his unit was pinned down by German fire outside Cunel, France.

 

Villages of note:

 

Cunel

 

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Hey Folks, this episode is a recap of the 2022 Lost Battalion Tours Meuse-Argonne Tour and of my four weeks in France. It?s unscripted, so forewarned is forearmed: there is a good amount of umms and uhhs in there, and I apparently say ?okay?? a lot now. There is, however, a lot of joy in telling you about my adventures in France.

 

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Link to Roger?s book, ?Studentenfriedhof to Soldatenfriedhof: A History of the Langemark German Cemetery and self-guided tour:?

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The AEF continued attacking the German Army in the Meuse region in October 1918, but made little gains. American Doughboys, while fighting to the best of their ability, were nearing exhaustion in the third week of the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

 

Villages of note:

 

Cornay

Exermont

Romagne-sous-Montfaucon

Cunel

 

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Under French command, the US 114th Infantry Regiment attacked into the Meuse Heights on October 12, 1918. The experience of Company B, 114th Infantry, was unfortunately typical of the American experience of fighting in World War I. Then-CPT William Reddan later recorded those experiences in his searing memoir ?Other Men?s Lives: The Experiences of a Doughboy, 1917-1919.?

Villages of note:

 

Samogneux

Haumont-prés-Samogneux

 

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The Right Bank of the Meuse extends the Meuse-Argonne front as counterattacks and attacks continue in October 1918. 

In the American 29th Division?s sector, the 113th Infantry Regiment attacks into the woods and hills near Ormont Farm. 2LT Joe Lawrence?s memoir provides a vivid tale of the fighting there.

Villages of note:

 

Consenvoye

Sivry-sur-Meuse

Haumont-prés-Samogneux

 

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Joining us this episode is Matt Dixon, the host of the Footsteps of the Fallen podcast, and I am so excited he is here! Matt is a military historian, battlefield researcher and guide, author and, of course, podcaster. He too, has an amazing depth of knowledge about places all along the Old Front Line of the Great War?s Western Front. Matt has 30 years of researching and writing behind him, and I can?t wait to hear about his journey into the history of the First World War. 

Links to Matt?s Footsteps of the Fallen podcast:

 

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/footsteps-of-the-fallen/id1528864547?i=1000559225751

 

Website: https://footstepsofthefallen.com/

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/footsteps_pod

 

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This episode we are joined by an incredible guest, Mr. Paul Reed of the ?Old Front Line Great War Podcast.? 

 

Paul Reed has written a number of books about WW1 including the best-selling ?Walking the Somme? and ?Great War Lives.? He also works in Television and has worked on and appeared in numerous programmes including BBC Timewatch, Meet The Ancestors, War Hero in My Family and Who Do You Think You Are. Along with these accomplishments, Paul produces the excellent Old Front Line Great War Podcast.

 

Join us for a fascinating journey into Paul Reed?s life and lifelong learning about the Great War. You will be delighted. 

 

Note: If toward the first half hour or so of the podcast you can hear someone yelling in the background?I can explain. One of our cats, Bertie, was causing all sorts of destructive mischief that he saved up for exactly when we?d be recording. Felines are really unbelievable like that. 

 

Links to Paul?s Old Front Line podcast:

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-old-front-line/id1505204931

 

Website: https://oldfrontline.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldFrontLinePod

 

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The Americans finally have to face facts and deal with the punishing German artillery on the Meuse Heights. On October 8th, 1918, two American and two French divisions expanded the Meuse-Argonne offensive by attacking the enemy on the Right Bank of the River Meuse. 

 

Villages of note:

 

Samogneux

Consenvoye

Haumont-prés-Samogneux

 

Lost Battalion Tours 2022 in the Meuse-Argonne! Come join us.

 

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A short review of Maarten Otte?s new book, ?The Meuse-Argonne 1918: The Right Bank to the Armistice.?

 

Book link here:

 

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Meuse-Heights-to-the-Armistice-Paperback/p/19110

 

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Finally, the retired United States Army motto finds a proper use.

 

On October 7th, 1918, PVT John Lewis Barkley, a scout in the 3rd Division AEF, decided ?to make things interesting for the Germans for a while.? With a captured machine gun and some four thousand rounds of ammunition, he engaged an enemy battalion-sized unit. 

 

Single-handedly. 

 

From inside an abandoned tank. 

 

Here is his story. 

 

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