Military Historian, author and Battlefield Guide. Occasional wargamer. Host of the Old Front Line #WW1 #podcast.
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Paul Reed
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I was honoured to work with @CWGC and be asked to speak with the students at these Sussex schools about their work to remember the Worthing lads who fell in 'The Day Sussex Died' in 1916.
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The posts to come are extracts predominantly from the Hastings & St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser, which was published weekly during WW1 until it ceased in March 1918. #press #history #Sussex
#DDay82: When I visited Normandy for the first time in 1979 with my Dad we met Major John Howard DSO outside the Gondrée Café. By this time 81 years ago he and his men had taken the key bridges and the code words Ham & Jam signalling their capture filled the radio network.
The Day of Days approaches: on this night in 1944, in the final moments before heading to Normandy, 22nd Independent Company officers from 6th Airborne synchronise their watches. On the Left: Captain Robert de Lautour (possibly the first man to land, killed 20 June 1944) #DDay82
Thanks to all who joined me for a @oldfrontline.bsky.social Podcast Supporters Evening tonight where we looked at #WW1 images connected to the build-up on the Somme in June 1916.
In the 1980s my Dad, a #WW2 veteran, compiled a Normandy Roll of Honour by analysing the CWGC registers manually: it took him years! Using his work these are some of the highest losses among British & Canadian units that day. These figures are for the dead only. #DDay82
In Part One of our Anniversary Somme series we explore the fighting at Serre, Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval on 1 July 1916, examining the battle, casualties and battlefield, ending with a virtual walk.
In this episode we explore the lesser-known aspects of the First World War in northern Italy with historian Tom Isitt. Discover the unique challenges of mountain warfare, the diverse nations involved, and personal stories from the battlefield.
In the latest QnA Episode we examine: observation balloons, white feathers, mine fields in No Man’s Land and trench foot.
In the latest QnA Episode we examine: observation balloons, white feathers, mine fields in No Man’s Land and trench foot.
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In the first of a three-part series marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, we explore the fighting in the northern sector of the battlefield on 1 July 1916. This episode examines the attacks at Serre, Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval, where some of the most dramatic and costly actions of the opening day unfolded. We look at the ground over which the soldiers advanced, the plans behind the attacks, the units involved, and how the battle developed.
In this special edition of the podcast we explore a lesser-known theatre of conflict from the First World War in Northern Italy with historian Tom Isitt. Tom's new book - Thunder in the Mountains - follows a journey he made across those battlefields and with him we discover the unique challenges of mountain warfare, the diverse nations involved, and personal stories from the battlefield.
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For this episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we open the virtual mailbag once again for another Questions & Answers special covering some fascinating and lesser-known aspects of the First World War. From observation balloons hanging silently over the trenches to trench foot, white feathers and booby traps in No Man’s Land, this episode explores the realities of life on the Western Front beyond the better-known battles.
For this episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we open the virtual mailbag once again for another Questions & Answers special covering some fascinating and lesser-known aspects of the First World War. From observation balloons hanging silently over the trenches to trench foot, white feathers and booby traps in No Man’s Land, this episode explores the realities of life on the Western Front beyond the better-known battles.
