History of the Great War is a weekly podcast that will cover the First World War that occurred from 1914 and 1918. Every week we will be discussing the events that occurred exactly 100 years ago. We will journey from the borders of France in the blistering heat of 1914, to the shores of Gallipoli, to the banks of Somme, to the final knockout attempt by the German army in the spring of 1918.
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Revisited 10: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - The Approach of War
Season 3 · Episode 12
Sunday, December 1, 2024 • Duration 39:04
In which we discuss how the British and Germans approached the war, arms limitation treaties, and the growing budget crises of 1913.
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Revisited 9: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - War Plans
Season 3 · Episode 11
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 • Duration 34:55
Cool fleets, what were they going to do with them?
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Revisited 2: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Tirpitz's Plan
Season 3 · Episode 2
Monday, March 4, 2024 • Duration 37:54
This is Part 2 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019.
With Tirpitz in control of the Imperial German Navy and it was time to put his plans into action. But to do so, he needed political and public support.
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Patreon Preview: Cavalry Pt. 2
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 • Duration 34:33
Part 2 of our examination of the role of cavlary during the war
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British Cavalry on the Western Front 1916-1918 by David Kenyon
Fire and the Sword: The British Army and the Arme Blanche Controversy 1871-1921 by Stephen Badsey
The Last Hurrah: Cavalry on the Western Front, August–September 1914
From Boer War to World War Tactical Reforms of the British Army 1902-1914 by Spencer Jones
The Boer War (1899-1902) and British Cavalry Doctrine: A Re-evaluation by Stephen Badsey
Smile and Carry On - Canadian Cavalry on the Western Front 1914-1918 by Stephanie E. Potter
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Patreon Preview: Cavalry Pt. 1
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 • Duration 34:00
Of all of the military arms that took part in the war the cavalry is perhaps the most ridiculed, but is that a fair assessment?
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British Cavalry on the Western Front 1916-1918 by David Kenyon
Fire and the Sword: The British Army and the Arme Blanche Controversy 1871-1921 by Stephen Badsey
The Last Hurrah: Cavalry on the Western Front, August–September 1914
From Boer War to World War Tactical Reforms of the British Army 1902-1914 by Spencer Jones
The Boer War (1899-1902) and British Cavalry Doctrine: A Re-evaluation by Stephen Badsey
Smile and Carry On - Canadian Cavalry on the Western Front 1914-1918 by Stephanie E. Potter
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199: Versailles Pt. 16 - Legacies
Friday, March 29, 2019 • Duration 34:50
We come now to the end as we chronicle the last days before Germany signed their treaty.
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A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price we Pay Today by David A. Andelman
Anglo-French Negotiations over the Boundaries of Palestine, 1919-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
The Boundaries of Israel-Palestine Past, Present, and Future: A Critical Geographical View by Gideon Biger
Britain and Airpower at Versailles, 1919-1920 by Peter V. James
The British Military Administration in Palestine 1917-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
Broken Promises of the Mandate: A Study of the Palestine Mandate Society and its Impact on the Proliferation of Zionism within Palestine and Great Britain by Brendon L. Larimore
Creating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919–23 by Guiditta Fontana
On the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles by Nikolaus Wolf, Max-Stephan Schulze, and Hans-Christian Heinemeyer
France and the Arab Middle East, 1914-1920 by Jan Karl Tanenbaum
Mistakes and Myths: The Allies, Germany, and the Versailles Treaty, 1918–1921 by Sally Marks
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan and Richard Holbrooke
Political Economics and the Weimar Disaster by Roger B. Myerson
Russia and the Versailles Conference by George Kennan (1960)
Syria and Mesopotamia in British Middle Eastern Policy in 1919 by John Fisher
The imposed gift of Versailles:the fiscal effects of restricting the size of Germany’s armed forces,1924–9 by Max Hantke and Mark Spoerer
The Myths of Reparations by Sally Marks
The Role of Illusion in the Making of the Versailles Treaty by Bonnie Baker
Unconditional Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles by the German Government, June 22-28, 1919 by Alma Luckau
Wilsonian Self-Determination and the Versailles Settlement by Anthony Whelan
Woodrow Wilson's Health and the Treaty Fight, 1919-1920 by Lloyd E. Ambrosius
The Zionist Debates on Partition (1919-1947) by Itzhak Galnoor
The Deluge: The Great War, America, and the Remaking of the Global Order by Adam Tooze
A World Remade by G.J. Meyer
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson
The United States and Germany in the Aftermath of War: I-1918-1929 by Frank Spencer
The Legend of Versailles by Kenneth R. Rossman
Reconstructing the Countryside of the Eastern Somme after the Great War by Hugh Clout
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198: Versailles Pt. 15 - Reparations
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 • Duration 26:54
The most discussed feature of the German treaty was the details of the expected reparations.
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Sources:
A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price we Pay Today by David A. Andelman
Anglo-French Negotiations over the Boundaries of Palestine, 1919-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
The Boundaries of Israel-Palestine Past, Present, and Future: A Critical Geographical View by Gideon Biger
Britain and Airpower at Versailles, 1919-1920 by Peter V. James
The British Military Administration in Palestine 1917-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
Broken Promises of the Mandate: A Study of the Palestine Mandate Society and its Impact on the Proliferation of Zionism within Palestine and Great Britain by Brendon L. Larimore
Creating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919–23 by Guiditta Fontana
On the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles by Nikolaus Wolf, Max-Stephan Schulze, and Hans-Christian Heinemeyer
France and the Arab Middle East, 1914-1920 by Jan Karl Tanenbaum
Mistakes and Myths: The Allies, Germany, and the Versailles Treaty, 1918–1921 by Sally Marks
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan and Richard Holbrooke
Political Economics and the Weimar Disaster by Roger B. Myerson
Russia and the Versailles Conference by George Kennan (1960)
Syria and Mesopotamia in British Middle Eastern Policy in 1919 by John Fisher
The imposed gift of Versailles:the fiscal effects of restricting the size of Germany’s armed forces,1924–9 by Max Hantke and Mark Spoerer
The Myths of Reparations by Sally Marks
The Role of Illusion in the Making of the Versailles Treaty by Bonnie Baker
Unconditional Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles by the German Government, June 22-28, 1919 by Alma Luckau
Wilsonian Self-Determination and the Versailles Settlement by Anthony Whelan
Woodrow Wilson's Health and the Treaty Fight, 1919-1920 by Lloyd E. Ambrosius
The Zionist Debates on Partition (1919-1947) by Itzhak Galnoor
The Deluge: The Great War, America, and the Remaking of the Global Order by Adam Tooze
A World Remade by G.J. Meyer
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson
The United States and Germany in the Aftermath of War: I-1918-1929 by Frank Spencer
The Legend of Versailles by Kenneth R. Rossman
Reconstructing the Countryside of the Eastern Somme after the Great War by Hugh Clout
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197: Versailles Pt. 14 - Last but Not Least
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 • Duration 40:55
Many topics were discussed at the Paris Peace Conference, none were considered more important than what to do about Germany.
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Sources:
A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price we Pay Today by David A. Andelman
Anglo-French Negotiations over the Boundaries of Palestine, 1919-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
The Boundaries of Israel-Palestine Past, Present, and Future: A Critical Geographical View by Gideon Biger
Britain and Airpower at Versailles, 1919-1920 by Peter V. James
The British Military Administration in Palestine 1917-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
Broken Promises of the Mandate: A Study of the Palestine Mandate Society and its Impact on the Proliferation of Zionism within Palestine and Great Britain by Brendon L. Larimore
Creating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919–23 by Guiditta Fontana
On the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles by Nikolaus Wolf, Max-Stephan Schulze, and Hans-Christian Heinemeyer
France and the Arab Middle East, 1914-1920 by Jan Karl Tanenbaum
Mistakes and Myths: The Allies, Germany, and the Versailles Treaty, 1918–1921 by Sally Marks
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan and Richard Holbrooke
Political Economics and the Weimar Disaster by Roger B. Myerson
Russia and the Versailles Conference by George Kennan (1960)
Syria and Mesopotamia in British Middle Eastern Policy in 1919 by John Fisher
The imposed gift of Versailles:the fiscal effects of restricting the size of Germany’s armed forces,1924–9 by Max Hantke and Mark Spoerer
The Myths of Reparations by Sally Marks
The Role of Illusion in the Making of the Versailles Treaty by Bonnie Baker
Unconditional Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles by the German Government, June 22-28, 1919 by Alma Luckau
Wilsonian Self-Determination and the Versailles Settlement by Anthony Whelan
Woodrow Wilson's Health and the Treaty Fight, 1919-1920 by Lloyd E. Ambrosius
The Zionist Debates on Partition (1919-1947) by Itzhak Galnoor
The Deluge: The Great War, America, and the Remaking of the Global Order by Adam Tooze
A World Remade by G.J. Meyer
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson
The United States and Germany in the Aftermath of War: I-1918-1929 by Frank Spencer
The Legend of Versailles by Kenneth R. Rossman
Reconstructing the Countryside of the Eastern Somme after the Great War by Hugh Clout
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196: Versailles Pt. 13 - Russia
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 • Duration 25:59
Alone of the countries that had entered the war against Germany, Russia was not invited to Paris. In this episode we discuss why.
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Sources:
A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price we Pay Today by David A. Andelman
Anglo-French Negotiations over the Boundaries of Palestine, 1919-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
The Boundaries of Israel-Palestine Past, Present, and Future: A Critical Geographical View by Gideon Biger
Britain and Airpower at Versailles, 1919-1920 by Peter V. James
The British Military Administration in Palestine 1917-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
Broken Promises of the Mandate: A Study of the Palestine Mandate Society and its Impact on the Proliferation of Zionism within Palestine and Great Britain by Brendon L. Larimore
Creating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919–23 by Guiditta Fontana
On the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles by Nikolaus Wolf, Max-Stephan Schulze, and Hans-Christian Heinemeyer
France and the Arab Middle East, 1914-1920 by Jan Karl Tanenbaum
Mistakes and Myths: The Allies, Germany, and the Versailles Treaty, 1918–1921 by Sally Marks
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan and Richard Holbrooke
Political Economics and the Weimar Disaster by Roger B. Myerson
Russia and the Versailles Conference by George Kennan (1960)
Syria and Mesopotamia in British Middle Eastern Policy in 1919 by John Fisher
The imposed gift of Versailles:the fiscal effects of restricting the size of Germany’s armed forces,1924–9 by Max Hantke and Mark Spoerer
The Myths of Reparations by Sally Marks
The Role of Illusion in the Making of the Versailles Treaty by Bonnie Baker
Unconditional Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles by the German Government, June 22-28, 1919 by Alma Luckau
Wilsonian Self-Determination and the Versailles Settlement by Anthony Whelan
Woodrow Wilson's Health and the Treaty Fight, 1919-1920 by Lloyd E. Ambrosius
The Zionist Debates on Partition (1919-1947) by Itzhak Galnoor
The Deluge: The Great War, America, and the Remaking of the Global Order by Adam Tooze
A World Remade by G.J. Meyer
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson
The United States and Germany in the Aftermath of War: I-1918-1929 by Frank Spencer
The Legend of Versailles by Kenneth R. Rossman
Reconstructing the Countryside of the Eastern Somme after the Great War by Hugh Clout
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195: Versailles Pt. 12 - Between Two Giants
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 • Duration 25:03
Between Bolshevik Russia and a defeated Germany the Poles were trying to create a new country, and they it would be a long road.
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Sources:
A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price we Pay Today by David A. Andelman
Anglo-French Negotiations over the Boundaries of Palestine, 1919-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
The Boundaries of Israel-Palestine Past, Present, and Future: A Critical Geographical View by Gideon Biger
Britain and Airpower at Versailles, 1919-1920 by Peter V. James
The British Military Administration in Palestine 1917-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.
Broken Promises of the Mandate: A Study of the Palestine Mandate Society and its Impact on the Proliferation of Zionism within Palestine and Great Britain by Brendon L. Larimore
Creating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919–23 by Guiditta Fontana
On the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles by Nikolaus Wolf, Max-Stephan Schulze, and Hans-Christian Heinemeyer
France and the Arab Middle East, 1914-1920 by Jan Karl Tanenbaum
Mistakes and Myths: The Allies, Germany, and the Versailles Treaty, 1918–1921 by Sally Marks
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan and Richard Holbrooke
Political Economics and the Weimar Disaster by Roger B. Myerson
Russia and the Versailles Conference by George Kennan (1960)
Syria and Mesopotamia in British Middle Eastern Policy in 1919 by John Fisher
The imposed gift of Versailles:the fiscal effects of restricting the size of Germany’s armed forces,1924–9 by Max Hantke and Mark Spoerer
The Myths of Reparations by Sally Marks
The Role of Illusion in the Making of the Versailles Treaty by Bonnie Baker
Unconditional Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles by the German Government, June 22-28, 1919 by Alma Luckau
Wilsonian Self-Determination and the Versailles Settlement by Anthony Whelan
Woodrow Wilson's Health and the Treaty Fight, 1919-1920 by Lloyd E. Ambrosius
The Zionist Debates on Partition (1919-1947) by Itzhak Galnoor
The Deluge: The Great War, America, and the Remaking of the Global Order by Adam Tooze
A World Remade by G.J. Meyer
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson
The United States and Germany in the Aftermath of War: I-1918-1929 by Frank Spencer
The Legend of Versailles by Kenneth R. Rossman
Reconstructing the Countryside of the Eastern Somme after the Great War by Hugh Clout
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