History Of The Great War

Wesley Livesay

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...

  • 38 minutes 40 seconds
    Revisited 4: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Fisher's Reforms

    This is Part 4 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019.

    It was a time for change, and the agent of that change was Sir John "Jackie" Fisher. His views on the future of naval warfare would result in drastic reforms for the Royal Navy and for its future.

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    28 April 2024, 5:00 am
  • 33 minutes 13 seconds
    Revisited 3: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - The Long Shadow of Nelson

    This is Part 3 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019.

    Any naval expansion program would have to contend with the power of the Royal Navy, but inside of the behemoth of the seas there were challenges that would need to be addressed.

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    8 April 2024, 5:00 am
  • 37 minutes 54 seconds
    Revisited 2: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Tirpitz's Plan

    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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    4 March 2024, 6:00 am
  • 36 minutes 40 seconds
    Revisited 1: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race Part 1 - Tirpitz Comes to Power

    This is Part 1 of the new Great War Revisited project. This episode is an expanded, rewritten, and rerecorded version of the Member Episode released in 2019. 

    Great War Revisited will be a continuing series of brand new content for History of the Great War in which I go back to the First World War and pick out events and themes to revisit. This is the start of a 10 part series on the naval build up before First World War.


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    28 January 2024, 6:00 am
  • 10 minutes 15 seconds
    Veteran's Day 2023 & The U.S. World War 1 Centennial Commission

    In this special Veteran's Day 2023 episode I look at the efforts of the US WW1 Centennial Commission and work to help continue the memory of the First World War.

    The United States World War One Centennial Commission: https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/

    Doughboy Foundation: https://doughboy.org/

    Medicine in World War 1: https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/medicine-in-ww1-home.html

    WW1 Teaching Resources: https://doughboy.org/education/wwi-teaching-resources/

    Selling the War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF18goBaLH0

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    11 November 2023, 2:38 am
  • 48 minutes 22 seconds
    Interview 13: Milan Rastislav Štefánik with Michal Kšiňan

    Learn more about Štefánik in Dr. Kšiňan's book: Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of (routledge.com)


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    1 May 2022, 1:33 pm
  • 39 minutes 16 seconds
    Interview 12: The Evolution of the British Empire with Sam Hume

    In this interview I was joined by Sam Hume, host of the Pax Britannica podcast and PhD Student at the University of Aberdeen. We chatting about the changing face of the British Empire in the years after the First World War.

    Check out Sam's podcast at: Pax Britannica – A Podcast History of the British Empire


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    10 April 2022, 5:00 am
  • 30 minutes 8 seconds
    Interview 11: Gaming the Great War with Jos Hoebe

    In this interview I was joined by Jos Hoebe, the creative director of the WW1 Game Series, including its new entry Isonzo, coming out later this years.

    You can find more information about Isonzo, and all of The WW1 Game Series entries over at WW1 Game Series - WW1 Game Series


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    4 April 2022, 5:00 am
  • 42 minutes 31 seconds
    Interview 10: The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America's Future with Neil Lanctot

    You can find out more about The Approaching Storm here.

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    8 March 2022, 12:26 am
  • 41 minutes 35 seconds
    Interview 9: Jewish World War 1 Veterans Under Hitler with Dr. Michael Geheran

    Pick up Dr. Michael Geheran's book, Comrades Betrayed: Jewish World War 1 Veterans Under Hitler, from Cornell Press: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501751011/comrades-betrayed/


    Find more work by Dr. Geheran: https://www.westpoint.edu/history/profile/michael_geheran

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    12 December 2021, 6:00 am
  • 41 minutes 46 seconds
    Interview 8: Cartoons and Visual Propaganda with Jesse Alexander

    I met with Jesse Alexander (Home | Jesse Alexander History) to discuss his research into cartoons and visual propaganda during the war. You can follow Jesse over at (18) Jesse Alexander (@jesse_history) / Twitter

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    14 November 2021, 6:00 am
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