Starting off 2026 w/ a great story told by my friend Michel Gravel. Grab a cuppa, settle in, and watch a fascinating and rather uplifting story from the First World War. This one is about the civilians in a small town in France in September 1918. Really heartfelt tale. youtu.be/JoclmDJcsaw?...

Year in review time. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-y...

Merry Tankmas, everyone! 😉😁 Hope everyone has wonderful and safe holidays with their loved ones. Photo credit: I shamelessly lifted this from the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social ‘s WhatsApp chat.

New episode is out, Folks! The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.

Due to the self-imposed semi-isolation I put myself in to make podcast content and overall glaring gaps in my knowledge, I only heard of this WW1 film this week: www.military.com/feature/2025...

Adam Pearce and his uncle Ron Howard have spent the past few years visiting the graves of the UK's and British Commonwealth's Victoria Cross recipients. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

From Andi Lucas: The men in the middle with Prussian cockades belong to the unit operating the Minenwerfer, Arno Bierast (R, w/ glasses) and the Unteroffizier standing furthest left are visiting from 3. Battr. / FAR 48.

More of Andi Lucas’ photos. Photo: This is a stunning shot of Saxons of Infanterie Regiment 134 resting in a trench on the Somme in 1916. Look at how narrow that trench is, my God. Where to buy “Fighting the Kaiser’s War:” royalsaxonarmy.co.uk/index.php/ou...

Andi has very graciously let me share some of his photos to help promote his books. Photo: Saxons from IR 134 in February 1915. The Pickelhaube helmet was largely phased out in 1916. Where to buy “Fighting the Kaiser’s War:” royalsaxonarmy.co.uk/index.php/ou...

New episode is out! “Fighting the Kaiser’s War: The Saxons in Flanders 1914/1918” Folks, Christmas is here and we all know that books make the best gifts. So, here’s a discussion about a book you should pick up for that history lover you know! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

My buddy Bart has spent a lot of time putting together some awesome videos to accompany the podcasts. Let’s get some views going on them! Here’s an episode I waited a long time to get to, and it was worth it!

New episode is out for general release today! Link below this post.

Patreon Folks, New episode -- a book talk w/ Andrew Lucas on "Fighting the Kaiser's War: The Saxons in Flanders 1914/1918." Fascinating talk! Andi is a treasure trove of information about the Saxons, their history, and their army. Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/fighti...

New episode on the New Ypres League Fundraiser! @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social, @oldfrontline.bsky.social, @footstepspod.bsky.social, @talesbattlefields.bsky.social youtu.be/jUTgJWeXQ2E?...

New episode is out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Hey Folks, New episode is live! “Bicycling My Grandfather’s WW1 Journey” - A Discussion with Brett Hawkes Cape Ann, MA 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.

Hey Folks, New Patreon post up for Searching for John DeWitt - A Discussion with John Chase, MD. This was a fun talk, and listening on Patreon is ad-free! Sign up to support the show. www.patreon.com/posts/search...

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: www.newypresleague.com In early December we’ll talk with the New Ypres League more about their fundraiser…

Hey Folks, New episode is out! 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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Links to further reading below:

Poignant video from Alex Lyons of @ri315e.bsky.social , whose great grandfather was in the French 315th Infantry Regiment during the Great War: youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?...

Patreon Folks! The next book we will read for our book club will be Paul Lintier's "My 75: Reminiscences of a Gunner of a 75mm Battery in 1914."

Awesome story here! Would love to talk to Mr. Kahmann. www.newsweek.com/man-yard-sal...

New episode out now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

New episode is out, Folks! In the final days of the Aisne-Marne Offensive, American forces pursued the retreating Germans to the River Vesle in August 1918.

Rainy day project by Mrs. BFWWP and Ms. BFWWP-ette. Excited to see how it turns out. 😃

What I’m listening to this week. Started with: @oldfrontline.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

BFWWP is BACK! NYT-bestselling author @danielkraus.com comes on the show to discuss--and read an excerpt from!--his new novel "Angel Down." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Great article and great food for thought. I've been thinking along similar lines for a while. open.substack.com/pub/amiemcne...

Me, too! 🤣

The universe gave me the opportunity to finally get my hands on a much-wanted German Stahlhelm. Luck was also on my side as the Stahlhelm came with a Pickelhaub. Flanking my beloved Casque Adrian on either side, I’m quite content. 🤓😎

Hey Folks, It is time to get our Patreon BFWWP Book Club going again! Last time, we agreed our next book would be PVT Len Smith’s “Drawing Fire.” (Many thanks to Hans A. for the suggestion!)

What can a 1917 short story collection tell us about the British home front during the #FWW? This month Ann-Marie Einhaus discusses War-Time in Our Street by J. E. Buckrose. These stories capture everyday resilience and humour amid wartime hardships. 🗃️ ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk/podcast/61-w...

A new post up on Patreon. A short video and photo visit to the Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof in Menen, Belgium: www.patreon.com/posts/deutsc...

Interesting article on where podcasting is right now, what’s missing, and what’s likely to come. 🤔 If you don’t know the word “enshittification,” you should familiarize yourself with it. defector.com/the-future-o...

Floofball: I acknowledge the fruits of your research. Firepower-centric combined arms is better than infantry-centered open warfare. Now let me sleep. Me: 😏

#1GM #Indre1418 Une surprise de pré-rentrée. Un nouveau témoignage d'un classe 1912 de l'Indre au 95e (entre autres): Alphonse Touchet. Bonne nouvelle, l'auteur dit qu'il s'est contenté de transcrire au mieux le journal d'origine A vérifier, lecture à venir. www.echoduberry.fr/actualite-26...

Me: I thought it was you and me all the way through this thesis? You said you’d be by my side the whole time. Floofball: Bro, just WRITE the damn thing…

A demarcation stone at the Dodengang, signaling this was as far as the invaders made it before being stopped. In the background, my incredibly knowledgeable good friend @bartdebeer.bsky.social The second marker is a memorial to the Trench of Death. - Dodengang / Trenches of Death

A closer view of the German bunker near the Dodengang. Even though well over a century has passed, it is clear this place took a lot of hits from the Belgians. W/ my bud @bartdebeer.bsky.social - Dodengang / Trenches of Death Diksmuide, Belgium 🇧🇪

The ball of floof on my desk: “Fire superiority insures success. Fire superiority insures success. Fire superiority…” Me: OH MY GOD THAT IS ENOUGH. It’s like Pershing was reincarnated as my cat 😳

Looking from Belgian bunker across the former No Man’s Land to the German bunker just a few dozen meters away. During the Great War the area where the two men were walking was a giant crater, blown by the Belgians to stop German raids. W/ @bartdebeer.bsky.social - Dodengang / Trenches of Death

An area that could serve as a kill zone for Belgian troops if the Germans seized the structure in this photo. - Dodengang / Trenches of Death Diksmuide, Belgium 🇧🇪 With @bartdebeer.bsky.social

A—hole here is trying to make up for ruining my nap by looking really cute and telling me he knows all about the US Army’s pre-WW1 infatuation with rifle marksmanship and small arms fire superiority in combat operations.

Crude plaques left by Belgian units who served in the Trench of Death. - Dodengang / Trenches of Death Diksmuide, Belgium 🇧🇪

Inside a Belgian bunker at the very forward edge of the Trenches of Death. Anyone want to guess what the three shafts are for? Comment below. - Dodengang / Trenches of Death Diksmuide, Belgium 🇧🇪

Belgian graffiti engraved on a bunker facing the German forward positions. - Dodengang / Trenches of Death Diksmuide, Belgium 🇧🇪

@ri315e.bsky.social this is FANTASTIC. Listen, and listen again: youtube.com/shorts/niGmo...

I was…13 when I read this? (I had read Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red October” when I was 12.)

The Trenches of Death, snaking right along the bank of the River IJzer. In these photos Bart and I are heading from the Belgian rear area towards the German lines. - Dodengang / Trenches of Death Diksmuide, Belgium 🇧🇪

@tomisitt.bsky.social , @historyofthesecondworldwar.com , @livehistory03.bsky.social , BlueSky won’t let me connect this to the last thread… But these are Kriemhilde Stellung trenches on Côte Dame Marie just W of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon. Video from 2022.