Walking The German WW1 Trenches at Ypres - the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social Video now on our Channel: youtu.be/REFaBTxKI2U

In this latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social QnA Episode we look at #WW1 latrines, the work of the Military Police, whether German trenches were really stronger, and the stories of Boy Soldiers & how to research them. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/12/13/q...

The fighting at Cambrai was reaching a peak #OTD in 1917, especially around the village of Gouzeaucourt. Discovered more on the @oldfrontline.bsky.social Channel: youtu.be/D_RrLJ4uirA

In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we explore what “Downland” really means in #WW1 history & landscape, how the Lewis Gun & its sections worked, the influence of the Franco-Prussian War, and the differences in British & Commonwealth WW1 medals. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/29/q...

Thanks to @oldfrontline.bsky.social for mentioning our Lewis Gun book in today’s episode of the podcast. Glad it was so useful. For those listening along (who haven’t ordered the book yet), here is the infographic we produced that is one of the spreads from the book.

In a special @oldfrontline.bsky.social Jon Gedling of the CWGC joins us to discuss the care of #WW1 cemeteries in France & Belgium: the “black spot” issue, evolving maintenance, recent findings & how visitors can help. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/22/c...

The Death of WW1 Poet Wilfred Owen - the latest video on the Old Front Line YouTube Channel: youtu.be/7MtStuNE4Zc?...

In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we explore some lesser known battlefields on the Western Front, what happened to captured trenches, the rise of AI in military history of #WW1 & whether Great War generals were butchers or brilliant. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/15/q...

Thanks to all who joined me for an @oldfrontline.bsky.social Supporters Evening where we discussed the Official Images of the Battle of Messines in June 1917.

In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we discuss: - How big is the 'Zone Rouge' today? - Was morphine use in the trenches ever misused? - When did British and Canadian troops first get steel helmets? - Which #WW1 slang terms are still in use today? oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/11/01/q...

Very pleased that the BBC will be specially re-showing my first ever TV programme ‘Forgotten Battlefield’ made in 2001 by John Hayes Fisher about the work of The Diggers at Ypres. BBC4 6th November at 19.30: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

In the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social QnAs we look at: - Was there only one “Hill 80”? - How did armies supply millions of men in #WW1? - Did regiments fight with multiple battalions at the front at once? - Who were the “whippers-in” at the front line? oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/18/q...

Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we are joined by @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social to discuss the offensive of September 1915. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/25/b...

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

Remembering the Forgotten Front: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social for the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos we make an overview of the 'Forgotten Front' in Northern France and discover the history, landscape and stories of those who fought there. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/09/27/r...

#Loos110: It's the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos which took place #OTD in 1915. Discover more about the battle with this episode of @oldfrontline.bsky.social with a new one on the Forgotten Front coming this weekend. oldfrontline.co.uk/2022/10/01/l...

Questions & Answers Episode 36: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we answer questions about what happened to German forces at the end of the war, how the dead were buried, poison gas and the fate of all those War Horses at the close of the conflict. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/09/20/q...

In our first episode for Season 9 of @oldfrontline.bsky.social we walk the battlefield at Gommecourt, looking at the fighting here on 1st July 1916. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/09/13/w...

The first Old Front Line #podcast Bulletin went out today - it’s a free newsletter published every two weeks. Subscribe for free here: mailchi.mp/cf62f401e843...

The new Old Front Line #podcast Bulletin goes live next weekend! Stay in touch with what we do on the podcast in this bi-weekly newsletter. Subscribe for free here: mailchi.mp/cf62f401e843...

Did you know The Old Front Line #podcast now has an online shop? Check it out here: old-front-line-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/colle...

Chinese Labour Corps & Shot at Dawn: Poperinghe in #WW1. The latest Old Front Line video now on YouTube. youtu.be/veRYEnYpVOY?...

The Devonshires Held This Trench: the latest Old Front Line Video now on #YouTube: youtu.be/WOKVVBWy6C0?...

Above the Battlefield: Royal Flying Corps & RAF in WW1: in the start of a special Old Front Line #podcast War in the Air Month, we begin with an overview of the RFC & RAF on the Western Front in #WW1. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/07/19/a...

Air War Month starts this Saturday on the Old Front Line #podcast with an introductory episode followed by interviews with @1940andy.bsky.social & Josh Levine followed by a special QnA & an Episode looking at what we find of the RFC/RAF on the battlefields today. [click on image for schedule!]

Tanks & Trenches: Canada Attacks at Courcelette September 1916. The latest Old Front Line #YouTube video is out now: youtu.be/ajz1LtVUReQ?...

Ypres Battlefield in Unseen Photos from the 1950s-60s. One of our latest videos over on the Old Front Line #YouTube Channel: youtu.be/08W6OzBhITA?...

In the latest Old Front Line #podcast we speak to the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemorations team - otherwise known as 'The MOD War Detectives' - who work to recover and identify the dead on the former battlefields of the Great War. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/06/14/t...

The Arras Memorial to the Missing: the latest Old Front Line #YouTube video exploring some of the stories here is now online. youtu.be/jqmtYv--nPc?...

Forgotten Memoirs of the Great War Part 1: in this latest Old Front Line #podcast we begin a look at some of the lesser known memoirs of #WW1 starting with an account covering Gallipoli and the Somme. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/05/17/f...

Sambre Canal 1918: Lock No. 1. In the latest Old Front Line #podcast, we look at this part of the final great battle on the Western Front. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/04/19/s...

In the latest Old Front Line #podcast we ask were there any 'Thankful Villages' in France, what was 'Camp Elisabeth' at Verdun, did Great War soldiers experience any spiritual or paranormal activity and how did the war impinge on life behind the lines in France. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/04/26/q...

Walking Ypres: The Ramparts. In the latest Old Front Line #YouTube video we look at what The Ramparts were and what their role was in the Great War. youtu.be/AutqoUNVFqg?...

Ypres: The Menin Road. In this latest Old Front Line #podcast we follow a journey along this pathway to the past of the war in Flanders, and discuss once more the 'culture' of The Old Front Line. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/04/05/y...

Five years ago today I released the first episode of the Old Front Line #podcast, recorded in my living room, with a walk around Pozières. I wasn’t sure anyone would listen but all this time later we’re at 1.6M downloads and what an amazing podcast community we have ! Thanks to all!

Tomorrow on @oldfrontline.bsky.social we have another Questions and Answers episode where among other things we discuss the names given to German soldiers by the British and the role of Portugal on the Western Front.

Thanks to all who joined us for a @oldfrontline.bsky.social Podcast Supporters Evening where @beverleypalin.bsky.social spoke to us about British rifles from before, during, and after the Great War - a fascinating talk!

WW1 on Film: Our World War. In the latest Old Front Line #podcast we look at this BBC Drama series from 2014 and ask a decade on is it still relevant, and what does it tell us about the Great War? oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/02/08/w...

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