Episodes
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Easter Rising 1916
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Friday Nov 09, 2018
https://www.irishcentral.com/uploads/article/2387/cropped_MI-GPO-ruins-1916-Easter-Rising.jpg?t=1522413606
"Easter Rising 1916 Ireland." Easter Rising 1916 Ireland. Accessed November 09, 2018. http://www.easter1916.net/.
"What Was the Easter Rising?" RTE.ie. Accessed November 09, 2018. https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/what-was-the-easter-rising.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Easter Rising." Encyclopædia Britannica. October 11, 2018. Accessed November 09, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising.
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
British War Propaganda
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Sources
Welch, David. Depicting the enemy. British Library, 2014. https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/depicting-the-enemy.
Fox, Jo. Atrocity Propaganda. British Library, 2014. https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/atrocity-propaganda
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/britain/espionage.htm
The National Archives. Propaganda 1914-1918. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g6/background.htm
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Why the United States Entered WWI
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Sources
Chandler, Adam. (2017). The Leak That Helped Push America Into World War I. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/03/zimmermann-telegram/518217/.
Rubin, Richard. (2014). Why Don’t Americans Remember the War. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/08/why-dont-americans-remember-the-war/373469/.
Storey, William Kelleher. (2014). The First World War (2nd ed.) London, United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Children in World War 1.
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Friday Oct 19, 2018
The participation of children during the great war. Sources: www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-ways-children-took-part-in-the-first-world-war
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Britain's Military Recruitment WW1
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Sources: “Firstworldwar.com.” First World War.com - Weapons of War: Machine Guns, www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/ukconscription.htm Simkin, John. Spartacus Educational, Spartacus Educational, spartacus-educational.com/FWWpals.htm “Firstworldwar.com.” First World War.com - Weapons of War: Machine Guns, www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/derbyscheme.htm
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Women's Fashion from late 1890's through World War One
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Women's fashion during World War I
Harem Pants - Downton Abbey example
Women's fashion catelogue during World War I
Sources:
Cunningham, Patricia A.. Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920 : Politics, Health, and Art. Ashland: The Kent State University Press, 2015. Accessed September 30, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central.
Rabinovitch-Fox, Einav. “[Re]Fashioning the New: Women's dress, the oriental style, and the Construction of American Feminist Imagery in the 1910s.” Journal of Women's History 27, (2) (Summer) (2015): 14-36,194, http://aquinas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.aquinas.idm.oclc.org/docview/1689848825?accountid=8340 (accessed September 30, 2018).
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Battle Rosaries
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Interesting Battle Rosaries issued to Catholic soldiers in World War 1. They are unlike any rosary in existence today.
Sources:
"100th Anniversary of 1916 Military Rosary Inspires New Combat Rosary." Roman Catholic Man. March 22, 2018. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://www.romancatholicman.com/100th-anniversary-of-1916-military-rosary-inspires-new-combat-rosary/.
"Here's a Sturdy Rosary for Catholic Men." National Catholic Register. Accessed September 19, 2018. http://www.ncregister.com/blog/astagnaro/heres-a-sturdy-rosary-for-catholic-men.
"Historical Replicas | WWI Battle Beads Rosary - $29.99." Rugged Rosaries®. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://www.cordbands.com/pages/battle-beads-rosary.
"WWI Battle Beads® Service Combat Rosary - The Soldier's Rosary." Rugged Rosaries®. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://www.cordbands.com/products/wwimbb-pardon.
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
2018 Armistice Centenary
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Welcome to our 2018 podcast season! This short episode briefly discusses the commemoration of the war, and specifically the armistice, in Britain. It also discusses special events planned for the centenary in Britain and the USA.
Image of the Cenotaph in 1919.
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sniping During the First World War
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sources
Dougan, Andy. Through the Crosshairs; A History of Snipers. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005.
Neiberg, Michael S.The World War I Reader. New York: New York University Press, 2007.
Plaster, John L. The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 2008.
Pegler, Martin. Sniping in the Great War. United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Military, 2008.
Pegler, Martin and Ramiro Bujiero. The Military Sniper Since 1914. Oxford, United Kingdom:Osprey Publishing, 2001.
German Sniper and Spotter, 1917, accessed May 2, 2016, http://www.ddoughty.com/snipers.html
Tuesday Apr 26, 2016
Gear and Advancements of the Allies during WWI
Tuesday Apr 26, 2016
Tuesday Apr 26, 2016
See also Jonathan North, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of World War I: An expert guide to the uniforms of Britain, France, Russia, America, Germany and Austro-Hungary (London, UK: Lorenz Books, 2011).
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Room 40 and WWI Cryptoanalysis
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Information from the Institution of Engineering and Technology and Wikipedia.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
The 36th Division of Ulster: the Battle of the Somme
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
A look at the 36th (Ulster) Division and the important role they played at the Battle of the Somme.