Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep204 – The Endell Street Hospital – Wendy Moore

Historian Wendy Moore about her recent book Endell Street on the hospital of that name established and run in Convent Garden, London, by pioneering doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson. This book is released in the US under the name NO MAN’S LAND in the US; both US and UK versions are published by […]

Ep203 – The Russian Army in WW1 – Prof. Roger Reese

Professor Roger Reese, Professor of History at Texas A&M University in the USA talks about his research into the Russian Army before and during the Great War.

Ep202 – General Sir Cecil Pereira – Dr Spencer Jones

Dr Spencer Jones, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, talks about the wartime letters of General Edward Pereira which he recently edited with Michael Locicero and Edward Pereria. This book is published by Helion and Co.

Ep201 – Jan Smuts – Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia

Professor Ian Van Der Waag, Professor and Head of Department of Military History at Stellenbosch University, and Dr Tony Garcia, Research Fellow History at Stellenbosch University, talk about their research into the life and career of  South African statesman, soldier and politician Jan Smuts, before and during the Great War.

Ep200 – Logistics during the Messines-Third Ypres Campaign – Rob Thompson

Historian Rob Thompson talks about how the British army supplied logistics and material for the Messines/Third Ypres Campaign of 1917.

Ep200 – Logistics during the Messines-Third Ypres Campaign – Rob Thompson

Historian Rob Thompson talks about how the British army supplied logistics and material for the Messines/Third Ypres Campaign of 1917.

Ep199 – New York’s Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line – Stephen L. Harris

American historian and author Stephen L. Harris talks about his book recent book Duty, Honor, Privilege that looks at the New York’s Silk Stocking Regiment and how it ‘broke’ the Hindenburg Line in 1918. This book is published by Potomac Books.

Ep198 – Churchill and the Dardenelles – Prof. Chris Bell

Canadian historian Professor Christopher Bell, Professor of History at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, talks about his recent book Churchill and the Dardanelles that examines the role Winston Churchill in the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign. This book is published by Oxford University Press.

Ep197 – The 1918 German Revolution – Prof. Robert Gerwarth

Historian Professor Robert Gerwarth, Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin and Director of the Centre for War Studies, talks about his recent book on the German 1918 Revolution. This book is published by Oxford University Press.

Ep196 – Men of the AEF’s ‘lost battalion’ – Dr Edward Lengel

  Historian and writer Professor Edward G Lengel talks about his book, Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion.  This book investigates the action in which men from four different infantry battalions of the 77th Division of the American Expeditionary Force, were isolated by German forces during an American attack in […]