Essential listening. Check out the Imperial War Museum series of the same name.
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“If it isn’t already, then this series & the IWM series of the same name should be required listening for schools & colleges. There’s nothing quite like hearing first-hand knowledge of the experiences of all of these brave men & women, both military & civil.
As it appears to be the case that one can no longer rate or review it separately, I would HIGHLY recommend listening to The Imperial War Museum’s own ‘Voices of The First World War’ which utilises many of the same veterans contributions & much more besides. In some cases the IWM series expands upon what we hear in this BBC offering & sometimes vice-versa. Any duplication is certainly worth the effort of listening to both.
The veterans are all themselves now part of history & we will not see their like again, which makes the existence & utilisation of these series all the more essential.
If it hasn’t already been done, then a similar exercise must be carried out for a WW2 version of these documentaries whilst we still have at least some veterans of that conflict with us to add to what is already held by the IWM & BBC. As I type this in February 2021 Group Captain John Hemingway DFC AE is the only RAF Battle of Britain fighter pilot still with us at the age of 101, a fact I can only hope would give some impetus to such a project.
On a personal level, my paternal grandfather fought in the early tanks, the knowledge of which has always made me very proud of him. My own research in later years led me to discover that he had named his house after the ‘tankodrome’ where he had been based at one point. Unfortunately he died in 1967 when I was just 7 and so never had the opportunity to be able to talk to him man to man on the subject. Both this & the IWM version have enabled me to hear the experiences of some other early tank crews, something for which I will always be grateful.
‘They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning ~ We WILL remember them.’”
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Great Britain ·
02/06/21
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“Its really moving to hear to the voices of WWI. Hearing what they went through and how they talk about it often brings me to tears. I highly recommend if you have any interest in WWI or any history in general.”
darren1495 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
07/16/21
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“I think this is the greatest historical podcast regarding the First World War. Simply outstanding work has gone into this.”
Qcase77 via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
06/29/19
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