Battles Of The First World War Podcast

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 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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

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/   Follow BlackMill Games on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackmillgame   Follow Game Drive NL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GameDriveNL   Twitter Folks! Retweet the BFWWP episode post for a chance to win access to the Isonzo game: https://twitter.com/WW1podcast   The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast.    Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpo

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.   Order it from your local bookstore so that you support your local businesses.  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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

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: Email: ypresbattlefieldtours@gmail.com FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ypresbattlefieldtours.be Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ypresbattlefieldtours/   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   Order it from your local bookstore so that you support your local businesses.  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 @WW1ba

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 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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.

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   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.   

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   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

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.   Lost Battalion Tours - Get on our mailing list! Email: lostbattaliontours@gmail.com FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/lostbattaliontours Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostbattaliontours/   If you’re visiting the Ypres area, please get in touch with Roger Steward of Ypres Battlefields Tours: Email: ypresbattlefieldtours@gmail.com FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ypresbattlefieldtours.be Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ypresbattlefieldtours/   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   The BF

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   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

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   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

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   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

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   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 Insta

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-l

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.   Email lostbattaliontours@gmail.com for pricing and availability.   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.   

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   Order it from your local bookstore so that you support your local businesses.  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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

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.    Lost Battalion Tours 2022 in the Meuse-Argonne! Come join us.   Email lostbattaliontours@gmail.com for pricing and availability.   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

Returning guest and University of Oklahoma PhD candidate James P. Gregory tackles the subject of the US 5th Marine Regiment on Blanc Mont on October 4th, 1918, a day that would see the highest casualties ever taken by the Marines until World War Two a generation later. James argues that events and leadership led to “a calamity of errors” with deadly results for the Marines on the ground.    James’ article can be found here:   https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/MarineCorpsHistory_vol7no2_Winter2021_web.pdf?fbclid=IwAR14uKs6rllEZRBZuZ29HpJFUn-39FBOPRAlUcdWG0QPc4gpFFHgse2z0pI   LTCs Owen and Swift’s “A Hideous Price” can be found here:   https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/A%20Hideous%20Price_WEB.pdf   https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/hideous-price-4th-brigade-blanc-mont-2-10-october-1918   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 @WW1podc

October 4th, 1918: the AEF 5th Corps launches new attacks on the German lines in the Meuse with two fresh divisions, the veteran 32nd and 3rd. The attacks center on the Kriemhilde Line defenses around Gesnes-en-Argonne and north of Cierges-sous-Montfaucon.    Matt Dixon’s “Footsteps of the Fallen” is a podcast you need to listen to:   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/footsteps-of-the-fallen/id1528864547   Lost Battalion Tours 2022 in the Meuse-Argonne! Come join us.   Email lostbattaliontours@gmail.com for pricing and availability   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes. 

On October 4th, 1918 the AEF 1st Army launched a new series of attacks on the Meuse battlefront, hoping to break the German lines. On the army’s right front, the 80th and 4th Divisions of 3rd Corps found themselves fighting in the Bois des Ogons and the Bois de Fays.    Folks, check out the new intro and outro music from listener Brian F., aka Aislingeach!   More of Aislingeach’s awesome music is here:   https://aislingeach.bandcamp.com/   Link to Andrew Capets’ book “Good War, Great Men: The Detailed Accounts of a Machine Gun Battalion during WW1:”  https://www.amazon.com/Good-War-Great-Men-Battalion/dp/0692116478   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 verdunpodcast@gmail.com. Ple

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