# WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! A podcast by Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones. Welcome to "Not So Quiet On The Western Front," the podcast that takes you beyond the trenches and dives deep into the untold stories and surprising truths of the First World War. Join us as we lift the lid on one of the most pivotal periods in human history, busting myths and unravelling the complexities of a conflict that shaped the course of the 20th century. Host: Dan Hill & Dr. Spencer Jones More about Dan & Spencer: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq#host To comment and ask questions, please join our community: https://not-so-quiet.com/supporters Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain, or join as a free member. Support via Paypal: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal Merchandise and Shop: https://not-so-quiet.com/en-eur/collections/all Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! Our WW2 Podcast: https://listen.both-sides-of-the-wire.com General Enquiries: nsq@battleguide.co.uk Battle Guide Website: https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq Battle Guide YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to… Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/not-so-quiet-on-the-western-front ## Latest episodes - [Episode 150: Spies, Codes & Cables: The Zimmermann Telegram 1917](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/dcb05acd387d) (2026-10-26, 48 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD4474411040.mp3 - [Episode 149: WW1 Trench Raiding Weapons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/acf7172e2dcf) (2026-10-19, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD3013935909.mp3 - [Episode 148: Courage Without Glory - The British Army in 1915](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/fe12e1962417) (2026-10-12, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD8185538008.mp3 - 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[Episode 142: French Army on the Somme](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/2d818bd001ac) (2026-08-31, 51 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD8466171265.mp3 - [Episode 141: Thiepval 1916: Storming the Impossible Ridge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/dbab3b81774c) (2026-08-24, 56 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD6916341788.mp3 - [Episode 140: Flers-Courcelette: The Somme's Tactical Turning Point?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/e866dcb96a77) (2026-08-18, 61 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD3747270414.mp3 - [Episode 139: Pozières: Australia's Bloodiest Battle of the Somme](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/d22759b60592) (2026-08-10, 58 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD9409547586.mp3 - [Episode 138: Somme's Woodland: Mametz, Trônes, Delville & High Wood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/df86b7949392) (2026-08-03, 58 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD3931656138.mp3 - [Episode 137: Night Attack on the Somme: Bazentin Ridge 1916](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/39333c60ff37) (2026-07-27, 57 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD4469887912.mp3 - [Episode 136: The Somme in the South - Forgotten Victory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/9752ba4fee45) (2026-07-20, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD3627601808.mp3 - [Bonus Episode: Reichs & Republics The Turnip Winter of 1916/17](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/5cb7b9295100) (2026-07-20, 63 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD7104171987.mp3 - [Episode 135: The Somme’s Northern Disaster](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/7ba9b0e870cf) (2026-07-06, 73 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD5361532876.mp3 - [Episode 134: France's Elite Units](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/aa3cddb83aba) (2026-06-29, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD7123612631.mp3 - [Episode 133: The Gallipoli Evacuation: A Forgotten Success Story?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/747559557b82) (2026-06-22, 64 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD2082201181.mp3 - [Episode 132: Battles that Shaped the 20th Century](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/1132b3e99fbd) (2026-06-15, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD1177647282.mp3 - [Episode 131: The August Offensive: Gallipoli’s Last Great Hope](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/191f3402e3ac) (2026-06-08, 70 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD5638693231.mp3 - [Episode 130: Why the Allies Failed at Krithia — Gallipoli’s Fatal Mistake](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/875261951755) (2026-06-01, 63 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD8450020515.mp3 - [Episode 129: What Was It Really Like to Survive Gallipoli?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/3b5b150f8983) (2026-05-25, 60 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD3267074300.mp3 - 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[Episode 123: The Dardanelles Naval Assault: Catastrophe in a Single Day](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/95d430d9805a) (2026-04-13, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD3155295956.mp3?updated=1776433751 - [Episode 122: The Fatal Plan Behind Gallipoli](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/bfa2c2647b6c) (2026-04-06, 52 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD3459550366.mp3?updated=1775553937 - [Episode 121: Myths of the French army](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/65a9c3f5cb44) (2026-03-30, 52 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD4835701650.mp3?updated=1775057107 - [Episode 120: From the Home Front to the Alps](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/98dd358cb6f1) (2026-03-23, 57 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD7673100850.mp3?updated=1775056913 - [Episode 119: What Made Men Fight?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/c4db2df23583) (2026-03-16, 66 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD6831043661.mp3?updated=1774083337 - [Episode 118: The 5 Deadliest Allied Snipers of WWI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/5a18a81c2dda) (2026-03-09, 70 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD9471249026.mp3?updated=1774083336 - [Episode 117: The Battle that Created a Myth: The German Army at Ypres 1914](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/04342510992c) (2026-03-02, 60 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD7639681826.mp3?updated=1773069832 - [Episode 116: The Battle Germany Had to Win: The Marne 1914](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/42a7e4ef7864) (2026-02-23, 50 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD4518537063.mp3?updated=1773069713 - [Bonus Episode: The Wartime origins of words and phrases | Untitled History Podcast Episode: 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/20136cbc18c1) (2026-02-19, 50 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD4357384052.mp3 - [Episode 115: Germany’s 6-Week Gamble - 1914](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/8bb8f4a0cfd2) (2026-02-16, 51 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD9891590213.mp3?updated=1773069711 - [Episode 114: How Germany Prepared for the Great War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/73ad6593dddf) (2026-02-09, 62 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD8148884849.mp3?updated=1768998975 - [Episode 113: Flamethrowers in WW1: How Effective Were They?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/b606dfd284b1) (2026-02-01, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD7049028864.mp3?updated=1770011779 - [Episode 112: Flamethrowers in WW1: The Weapon That Shocked the Trenches](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/945deeee2f6b) (2026-01-26, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD1348029861.mp3?updated=1770011719 - [Episode 111: How Grenades Took Over the Trenches in WW1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/12ab102e0c3e) (2026-01-19, 58 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD1713497746.mp3?updated=1768890342 - [Episode 110: The Season Soldiers Feared Most: Winter in the Trenches](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/18877e2d9971) (2026-01-12, 56 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD8412394029.mp3?updated=1768317357 - [Episode 109: Prostitution & VD on the Western Front](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/f915302d2dd5) (2026-01-05, 59 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD8039833747.mp3?updated=1768318741 - [Episode 108: Myths of the Somme](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/9d4dae3b9a70) (2025-12-22, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD6205684027.mp3?updated=1766258227 - [Episode 107: Myths of the Ypres Salient](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/8dd559204c4f) (2025-12-15, 72 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD4286201490.mp3?updated=1735853573 - [Episode 106: The Evolution of Sniping in WW1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/597321118799) (2025-12-08, 60 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD1787730020.mp3?updated=1765790402 - [Episode 105: The Rise of the Snipers in WW1: The War Within a War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/f4a147572b11) (2025-12-01, 53 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD5300506112.mp3?updated=1765119525 - [Episode 104: The Hidden Battle for Hygiene in WW1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/3a399d91c9b3) (2025-11-24, 56 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD6992259163.mp3?updated=1764000895 - [Episode 103: African Americans in WWI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716885995/736395d1d3c6) (2025-11-17, 53 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BATTLEGUIDETOURSLTD8148750218.mp3?updated=1763396470 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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