In this episode, I summarise the lessons learned and weapons introduced during the Somme campaign. Next I explain the difficulties posed in the trenches, due to the winter conditions. Then we hear how the Germans built a new, shorter, defensive line, and how the BEF advanced cautiously towards it in March and April 1917.

In this episode, I summarise the lessons learned and weapons introduced during the Somme campaign. Next I explain the difficulties posed in the trenches, due to the winter conditions. Then we hear how the Germans built a new, shorter, defensive line, and how the BEF advanced cautiously towards it in March and April 1917.

In this episode, I summarise the lessons learned and weapons introduced during the Somme campaign. Next I explain the difficulties posed in the trenches, due to the winter conditions. Then we hear how the Germans built a new, shorter, defensive line, and how the BEF advanced cautiously towards it in March and April 1917.

Retreat to the Hindenburg Line

Author and historian Andrew Rawson talks about all aspects of the British Army during the Great War. Including how it was organised, army life, its tactics, the weapons and its campaigns.

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Retreat to the Hindenburg Line

Retreat to the Hindenburg Line