This week's episode sees Dan and Spencer continue their journey through the fascinating story of the 1918 Spring Offensive with a look at Operation Georgette, the final phases of the fighting and what it achieved. Books & Links: The Kaiser's Battle; Martin Middlebrook: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Kaisers-Battle-ePub/p/7143?aid=1227 The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in The Operational Level of War; David T. Zabecki

In this Special Bonus Episode Dan and Spencer explore the story of the famous 1914 Christmas Truce, how it came about, why it is important and what actually happened up and down the British sector on perhaps the most well-known day of the entire war on the Western Front Books & Links:https://battleguide.co.uk/hubfs/Podcast/Bonus%20Episode%20Christmas%20Truce.png

In this episode Dan and Spencer explore the build up to, and launching of the famous 1918 Spring Offensive, Germany's last gamble to split the British and the French and emerge victorious on the Western Front. YT: ⁠youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Support us: ⁠patreon.com/BattleGuide⁠ E-Mail: [email protected]

In this episode, Dan and Spencer explore perhaps the best known battle to take place on the Western Front in the First World War. Fought in famously atrocious conditions outside the Belgian Town of Ypres, the battle was a highly complex affair. Join is as we discuss some of the key elements and how they shaped the campaign as a whole. Books & Links Spencer Jones, The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917 |...

In this episode Dan and Spencer discuss perhaps the most infamous of all Battles to take place on the Western front in 1916 - The Somme. Known best for it's disastrous opening day, we explore the planning, execution, impact and legacy of this brutal four month long campaign. Books & Links: At All Costs: The British Army on the Western Front 1916 YT: ⁠youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Support us: ⁠patreon.com/BattleGuide⁠ E-Mail: [email protected]

In this week's episode Dan and Spencer explore the September 1915 Battle of Loos. Fought over notoriously 'unfavourable ground' it saw new technology and manpower pitted against stubborn German defences across extremely difficult terrain, with predicatbly tragic results. YT: ⁠youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠ Support us: ⁠patreon.com/BattleGuide⁠ E-Mail: [email protected]

In this episode we focus on the famous opening engagement of the British expeditionary Force on the Western Front, the Battle of Mons. Fought over four days in tropical August heat, it pitched a small professional force of British soldiers against a numerically superior German Army, with incredibly high stakes. Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! Books & Links: STEMMING THE TIDE by Dr. Spencer Jones The Great Retreat of 1914: From Mons to...

In this episode Dan and Spencer discuss some of the popularly held beliefs around the First World War, from the average soldiers age and motivation for fighting to the realities of life during trench warfare. Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! Books & Links: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists YT: youtube.com/@BattleGuideVTSupport us: patreon.com/BattleGuide E-Mail: [email protected]

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