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Battles of the First World War Podcast
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The Battles of the First World War Podcast connects the men & women who fought, died in, & survived the battles of the Great War of 1914-1918 to our world, and keeps their memory alive. Member @GreatWarGroup
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New Ypres League member Kirsten Note joins the podcast to discuss her work as a battlefield archaeologist, where she has assisted the Commonwealth Graves Commission (CWGC) in recovering the remains of fallen soldiers of the Great War.

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WW1 Battlefield Archeology & Recovering the Fallen
Podcast Episode · Battles of the First World War Podcast · September 29 · 41m
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September 30, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Possibly the real “bloodiest day” of the French Army in WW1: 25 SEP 1915.

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September 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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This newsreel clip, IWM IWM 476, show a Vickers Machine Gun unit pouring out of a bunker. Over 70,000 Vickers were built in World War 1 by the Vickers Limited, a British engineering conglomerate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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New episode!

MOD War Detectives - Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre

New Ypres League member Rosie Barron joins the podcast to discuss her work as part of the Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre, aka the MOD War Detectives.
September 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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New podcast with plenty of WW1 content to come!

The Victoria Cross Hunters - In Search of Valour: Ron Howard and Adam Pearce have launched their podcast on telling the story of the Victoria Cross and its hundreds of recipients.
September 12, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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A moment from this past summer: then & now at Madeleine Farm in the Meuse region of France & scene of fierce fighting during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Madeleine Farm remains an active farm today. It is surrounded by memories & stories of soldiers whose fates brought them near it a century ago.
September 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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1/3 🧵Is the 1932 colourized image of Cpl Eugene McInnis of US Tank Corps? Jun 27 1919, Seattle Star published a portrait of a blind man, Eugene A. McInnis, that looks very similar to 1932 image. He is holding a sign indicating he is blind as well as taking part in July 1932 Bonus March on Washington
Adding Colours by Zahulie aka Zoe Martin https://www.instagram.com/p/B0BcRnJBloY/?img_index=1 "'World War veteran, Bonus Expeditionary Force.' Scene from the 'Bonus March' on Washington, when thousands of veterans converged on the capital in 1932 to demand cash redemption of their WWI service certificates, a bonus that wasn't supposed to be paid until 1945. Harris & Ewing glass negative" https://www.shorpy.com/node/18803 The Seattle Star Jun 27 1919 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093407/1919-06-27/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.516,0.408,2.018,0.919,0 "Then came the scream of a high-explosive shell, the deafening crash as it hurled itself against the walls of the tank, and the occupants were thrown gasping and senseless to the floor, blood streaming from nose and ears, the young corporal totally blinded, the lieutenant with one eye shot away. The tank took a few awkward lunges forward, wabbled a bit and then stopped dead. The corporal in the tank was Corporal Eugene A. McInnis, of Seattle. Today he has the physique of a Greek wrestler, but he is totally blind, he will never see again, yet he is "carrying on," cheerfully and manfully, with never a kick or a grumble at Fate's hard knocks. "Lots of them are worse off than I am," he explains... In January, 1918, they landed in France. Soon after his arrival in the war-stricken country the lure of the tanks got into his blood, the excitement of independent action caused him to transfer to the 327th Tank Battalion...He was three days "in" and on the third day, his tank a mile ahead of the infantry cleaning up machine gun nests and preparing the way for the American advance, the H. E. struck his "boat.""The last thing I saw that day were bodies of two Yanks lying on the parapet of a trench and just below them in the trench, the bodies of three Germans," McInnis said. "After that I woke up in the hospital—one of the blinks."Corporal McInnis has been attending the Red Cross Institute for the Blind at Baltimore since his discharge from the army. He has been released for the summer to visit his parents at 3 Highland Drive ave. In September he will return to the institute. He is 24 years old.In spite of his most terrible of afflictions he remains cheerful. He does not grow sentimental over his sacrifice of sight.He explains simply, "I only did my bit."
September 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Note-taking & outlining for the next podcast episode on the 2nd Battle of the Marne in 1918. This one will be on the French soldier 2d from R, then-Sergent Joseph Darnand.

If you’ve never heard Darnand’s name…well, stay tuned. From hero to zero.

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Photograph of French Army GEN Henri Gouraud decorating French soldiers of the 366eme Regiment d'Infanterie after their successful trench raid of July 14th, 1918. The French soldier second from right is Sergent Joseph Darnand, who in WW2 will be a Nazi collaborator and will lead the fascist Milice Française. Photo credit: Wikipedia. Close up of then-Sergent Joseph Darnand. Photo credit: Wikipedia.
September 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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2027 Meuse-Argonne & Aisne-Marne WW1 Battlefield Tours 

Battles of the First World War Tours, part of the BFWWP, is excited to offer two WW1 battlefield tours for summer 2027:

Meuse-Argonne 

Aisne-Marne 

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2027 Meuse-Argonne & Aisne-Marne WW1 Battlefield Tours
Podcast Episode · Battles of the First World War Podcast · September 3 · 17m
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September 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Honoring the Fallen at Flanders Field American Cemetery

New Ypres League member Christopher Sims joins to discuss four decades of working for the American Battle Monuments Commission as a Senior Cemetery Associate & on preserving the memory of the fallen. 

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Honoring the Fallen at Flanders Field American Cemetery
Podcast Episode · Battles of the First World War Podcast · September 1 · 41m
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September 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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The Butt Wood VCs, 02 September 1918, Pt 2

Join us to conclude Michel Gravel's engrossing story of the events near Butt Wood and Cagnicourt, France, during the 3rd Canadian Highland Brigade's assault on the Drocourt-Quéant Line in early September 1918.

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The Butt Wood VCs, 02 September 1918, Pt 2
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August 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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“We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.” During the summer 2026 tour this quote felt especially poignant, and it has stayed with us.
August 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Are you ready to walk where history was made in the green fields of France?

Battles of the First World War Tours.

More information incoming soon.

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August 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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RIP to a woman who worked to make the world a better place.
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The world just got a whole lot less good. Fare thee well, Dolly Parton. And thank you.
August 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Patrons here just received access to a podcast recorded with Mr. Christopher Sims, who worked as the ABMC’s Senior Cemetery Associate for the World War I Flanders Field American Cemetery in Waregem, Belgium for 40 years.
August 25, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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The Butt Wood VCs, 02 September 1918, Pt 1

Independent historian Michel Gravel joins us to discuss the events near Butt Wood and Cagnicourt, France, during the 3rd Canadian Highland Brigade's assault on the Drocourt-Quéant Line in early September 1918.

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The Butt Wood Victoria Crosses, Pt 1
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August 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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New Ypres League member Christopher Sims joins the podcast to discuss his four decades of working for the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) as the Senior Cemetery Associate for World War I Flanders Field American Cemetery, in Waregem, Belgium.

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August 24, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Several projects going on at the same time right now. All good things.

So it helped me to get back to what I really enjoy doing: researching and writing new material.

Some new content coming out for Patreon soon!
August 23, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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This last video brings us to the outskirts of the village of Herméville, which the Doughboys of the 81st Division did not reach before the armistice at 1100 on 11th November, 1918.

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August 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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If you've never been to France, this short video shows you a typical rustic French village. This one is Grimaucourt-en-Wöevre, liberated by the 81st "Wildcat" Division on 10th November, 1918.

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August 16, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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This short recording brings us to Manheulles, France, in the Wöevre Plain. The 81st took over the line here on November 7th and made only small advances in the last days of the war. The video shows the ground over which the Doughboys of the Wildcat Division advanced.
August 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Hey Folks,

Speaking with Brianna Gervat about her journey hiking the Western Front was a great experience! What a fun and easy-flowing conversation with someone who observes and appreciates the world around her.

Watch our talk on YouTube here:

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There Will Come Soft Rains - with Briana Gervat
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August 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Ypres Day with Lady Lucy French & Roger Steward of the New Ypres League

Lady Lucy French, great granddaughter of BEF commander Field Marshal Sir John French,

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Roger Steward, Chairman and co-founder of the New Ypres League,
August 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Hey Folks,

Want to learn more about LTC John McCrae, who penned “In Flanders Fields?”

Watch this fascinating discussion with Susan Raby-Dunne, who joined the podcast to discuss her book “John McCrae: Beyond Flanders Fields.”

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John McCrae: Beyond Flanders Fields - with Susan Raby-Dunne
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August 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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To help share and spread interest in WW1 the New Ypres League has issued a revised and updated recreation of the original Ypres League Map of the Ypres Salient.

This fold-out map is a real treat, and if you're like me you will spend a good deal of time looking at it.
August 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM