The Old Front Line

Questions and Answers Episode 28


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In this episode we ask were there any 'Thankful Villages' in France where everyone came home, what was 'Camp Elisabeth' at Verdun as visited by Professor Richard Holmes in the 1990s, did Great War soldiers experience any spiritual or paranormal activity on the battlefields and how did the presence of British and Commonwealth soldiers impinge on life behind the lines in France.

BBC Report: France's Thankful Village With No War Memorial.

The Richard Holmes Episode mentioned in the podcast: Western Front Verdun 1916.

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