The Old Front Line

At the end of the Great War, vast areas of France were left devastated by the fighting: this became the 'Zone Rouge' or the 'Red Zone'. Reconstruction and recovery of ground brought that Red Zone to an end in the 1920s but stories of it circulated once more during the Great War Centenary. So what are the Myths of the Red Zone, and what are its truths? Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server [https://discord.gg/GVvCKSy29n] or email the podcast [oldfrontlinepodcast@gmail.com]. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/oldfrontline]

In the first of our new 'your questions answered' episodes we answer six questions sent in by listeners to the podcast covering subjects like how the army saw itself in the Great War, why the podcast is called 'the Old Front Line', how the opposing armies held the Western Front, and what kind of methods did I use to check the accuracy of Great War veterans interviews made in the 1980s and 90s. Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server [https://discord.gg/GVvCKSy29n] or email the podcast [oldfrontlinepodcast@gmail.com]. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/oldfrontline]

We've just had the first ever Old Front Line Podcast Supporter's meet-up on the battlefields of Flanders near the Belgian city of Ypres. What was the weekend all about, what plans have we got for more of these, and in the episode we share some of the stories we discussed at Ypres on our walks. Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord Server [https://discord.gg/GVvCKSy29n] or email the podcast [oldfrontlinepodcast@gmail.com]. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/oldfrontline]

The Great War on the Western Front was much more than Flanders and the Somme, and the experience of British and Commonwealth soldiers. When we travel 'Beyond the Somme' - what does that mean, and what do we find on these battlefields where soldiers from France and its Empire, and later American troops fought? Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/oldfrontline]

On our fourth anniversary of launching The Old Front Line, I look back over the episodes and discuss how the podcast has helped shape and define how I see the landscape of the Great War, helped me find a language for what it means more than a century later, and we look back too over some of my favourite episodes and those which have proved especially popular.  Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/oldfrontline]