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Dec 17, 2020 • 48min

S E34: TGW034 - Alexander Watson About Przemysl Fortress

The Fortress: The Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands: https://amzn.to/2WeHEPq Historian Alexander Watson tells the story of a siege that changed the course of the First World War and that is all too familiar to the viewers of The Great War channel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Dec 7, 2020 • 36min

S E33: TGW033 - Joseph McAleer about War Correspondent Harry Perry Robinson

*SORRY FOR THE AUDIO QUALITY* Harry Perry Robinson wasn't a name we were immediately familiar with but when we read the text about his biography, we were intrigued:  "The life of Harry Perry Robinson-a born adventurer, a master of reinvention, and the ultimate witness to history. From a stint in the gold mines and helping to elect a US president, to the First World War and the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb." You can get Joseph McAleer's book at Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/escape-artist-9780198794943?cc=us&lang=en&See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 22, 2020 • 35min

S E32: TGW032 - Sönke Neitzel About the Reichswehr and the Transition from the German Imperial Army

Sönke Neitzel's work:  Deutsche Krieger: Vom Kaiserreich zur Berliner Republik - eine Militärgeschichte: https://amzn.to/2IGyVT5 Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying: https://amzn.to/3lNoUBw Dr. Sönke Neitzel is a professor for military history and cultural history of violence at the university of Potsdam. He has published several books looking at the German Army in the 20th century and beyond. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 15, 2020 • 34min

S E31: TGW031 - Kate Imy about The British Indian Army

Kate Imy is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas. In her new book "Faithful Fighters - Identity and Power in the British Indian Army" she takes a look at one of the biggest colonial forces in the first half of the 20th century that it often overlooked.    Order Faithful Fighters: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31378 Follow Kate Imy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateimy2See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 4, 2020 • 28min

S E30: TGW030 - Damien Wright On Allied Intervention in Russian Civil War

This episode is a premiere as we interviewed a special guest that already joined us on this podcast. Historian and author Damien Wright is back to talk with us about the intervention of the Allied forces in the Russian Civil War and other related topics.  Damiens Book is called Churchills Secret War With Lenin (Affiliate Link): https://amzn.to/3ddOD2Q Our first episode of the podcast with Damien is TGW002, which you can listen to again here: https://anchor.fm/realtimehistory/episodes/TGW002---Russian-Civil-War-and-the-ideology-of-the-Freikorps-efgcjt See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Oct 21, 2020 • 39min

S E29: TGW029 - Damien Accoulon On the Flying Aces of World War 1

Damien Accoulon is a PhD student at the University Paris Nanterre and Technische Universität Braunschweig and will talk with us about Flying Aces in World War 1. Besides background knowledge and deeper insights into the airwar he will serve us interesting facts about the actions of famous Aces like Manfred von Richthofen and french René Fonck. You can find a review of Accoulons book about the life of René Fonck here: http://revues.univ-tlse2.fr/pum/nacelles/index.php?id=654See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Oct 7, 2020 • 32min

S E28: TGW028 - Wesley Livesay On Covering the War in Real Time

Wesley Livesay produces history podcasts about the First and Second World War. Similar to us he covers the war in "real time" through weekly episodes. Flo and Wesley talk about the experience of covering war in real time by comparing audio to video formats. They also share their opinions on the end of World War 1. You can find his podcasts here:  https://www.historyofthegreatwar.com/ http://www.historyofthesecondworldwar.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 24, 2020 • 40min

S E27: TGW027 - Dermot Rooney On The Psychological Analysis Of Warfare

Support Rhineland 45: https://realtimehistory.net/rhineland45  Dermot Rooney is military psychologist who also does operational research. He is working on his PhD on the tactics that that made the German soldiers run, hide and surrender during Operation Veritable. In this episode of the podcast, Flo is interviewing Dermot about the intersection between psychology and history and how it applies to World War 1 or to Operation Veritable. If you are interested in the subject, check out War Games - The Psychology of Combat that Dermot coauthored: https://amzn.to/3ctwmy2See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 15, 2020 • 39min

S E26: TGW026 - Matthew Novosad on Allied Submarines in World War 1

Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattnovosad In this extensive interview we talk about submarine warfare in the first world war, particularly the Allied submarines which are lesser known compared to the German Uboats and the notorious unrestricted submarine warfare. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 2, 2020 • 33min

S E25: TGW025 - Sam Amenn On The Russian Civil War In Central Asia

Sam Amenn is an amateur historian with a masters in international relations and the host of The Art of Asymmetrical Warfare, a podcast about, yes, asymmetrical warfare. Sam helped us put together a Great War episode on the Russian Civil War in Central Asia which will air in October. As a little teaser for this fascinating topic, Jesse and Sam talk about it on this episode of the podcast.  You can subscribe to The Art of Asymmetrical Warfare here:  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-asymmetrical-warfare/id1504097211 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mpMVL00sSPdz1oLgJKWFh?si=ejL3xqg7SUKZpYDukhVBkQ RSS: https://samswarroom.com/category/podcast/feed/ Sam's website: https://samswarroom.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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