Battles of the First World War Podcast

Following up on a podcast discussion we had last year to help the push to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the US Army’s Hello Girls of WW1, we have good news:

We are so close to reaching the numbers we need!

The Hello Girls of the WW1 US Army have never been officially recognized for the groundbreaking service they provided as America’s first women soldiers. In this call to action, an incredible group of people come back on to talk about why the Hello Girls should receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

Joining us are:

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, representing Missouri's Fifth Congressional District, and the original sponsor, H.R. 1572 Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023:

(https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1572/text)

Dan Dayton, Former Executive Director, U.S. World War I Centennial Commission

Catherine Bourgin, granddaughter of Hello Girl Marie Edmee LeRoux

Carolyn Timbie, granddaughter of Hello Girls Chief Operator Grace Banker

Chris Christopher, Captain, USN (Ret.), US WW1 Centennial Commission

Diane Boettcher, Captain, USN (Ret.), genealogical researcher

Support a Congressional Gold Medal for the WWI Hello Girls! Instructions are here:

https://ww1cc.org/hellogirls

US listeners, email or call your Congressional Representatives today!

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Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter at @WW1podcast, the Battles of the First World War Podcast page on FaceBook, and on Instagram at @WW1battlecast. Not into social media? Email me directly at [email protected]. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.

Part 6 of the ongoing discussion continues to look at the French Army in 1916, and this time we focus on events and developments outside of the Verdun battlefield.

This episode will focus on the French Army’s experience in 1916 outside of the Verdun battlefield.

Joining us for this discussion are:

• Bart Debeer, who co-wrote a Dutch-language Western Front Guide for Beginners with a friend
• Bryn Hammond, whose blog “Vingt Frong” aims to “awaken interest in the French experience of the First World War in an English-speaking audience,” and author of the book “Cambrai 1917: The Myth of the First Great Tank Battle,”
• Jim Smithson, author of “A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe. The Opening Phase of the Battle of Arras 9-14 April 1917” and two guide books on the Arras battlefields,

Do listen in for the few moments when four grown men struggle with a microphone. :P

Great War Group: https://greatwargroup.com/

The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast.

Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on BlueSky at @WW1podcast.bsky.social and the BFWWP website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Email me directly at [email protected] with any questions, comments, or concerns.

Please review the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes! :)

The group is back!

Part 5 of the ongoing discussion looks at the French Army in 1916, the first of a two- or three-part series on this crucial year of WW1. This episode will focus on the French Army’s experience in its most trying battlefield crucible: the Battle of Verdun.

Joining us for this discussion are:

• Christina Holstein, author of several incredible guides to the Verdun battlefield, amongst other published works and articles,
• Alex Lyons, the man who spends his free time telling us the story of his Poilu great-grandfather on Twitter,

The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast.

Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter at @WW1podcast, the Battles of the First World War Podcast page on FaceBook, and on Instagram at @WW1battlecast. Not into social media? Email me directly at [email protected]. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.

Before the First World War officially began, the killing was already underway.

In the small French village of Joncherey, two men would meet for a brief but violent moment on August 2nd, 1914, the day before war was officially declared. The moment would turn them into eternal brothers, transformed by their explosive meeting. French Corporal Jules André Peugeot and German Lieutenant Albert Otto Walther Mayer would soon be the first military deaths of their nations.

The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast.

Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on BlueSky at @WW1podcast.bsky.social:

https://bsky.app/profile/ww1podcast.bsky.social

and the BFWWP website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Email me directly at [email protected] with any questions, comments, or concerns.

Please review the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes! :)

A short episode inspired by a visit to the German Soldatenfriedhof in Liny-devant-Dun, France.

The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast.

Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter at @WW1podcast, the Battles of the First World War Podcast page on FaceBook, and on Instagram at @WW1battlecast. Not into social media? Email me directly at [email protected]. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.