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...

  • 37 minutes 20 seconds
    Interview 15: The U-boat War off North America with Dominic Etzold

    More info about Reaping the Whirlwind: https://www.etzold.online/home-1


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    8 September 2024, 5:00 am
  • 29 minutes 58 seconds
    Interview 14: Sacred Service with Specialist Curator Patricia Cecil

    In this interview I was delighted to talk to Patricia Cecil the Specialist Curator Faith, Religion and WW1 at the National World War 1 Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri to discuss a new exhibit at the museum titled Sacred Service.

    Sacred Service Exhibit: https://theworldwar.org/exhibitions/sacred-service


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    1 September 2024, 5:00 am
  • 27 minutes 44 seconds
    Revisited 8: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - At The Peak

    While changes occur at the British Admiralty, in Berlin the German building efforts reach a breaking point.

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    28 August 2024, 5:00 am
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    Revisited 7: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Fisher's Last Years

    After the building race started to heat up, it was time for Fisher to be replaced.

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    15 August 2024, 5:00 am
  • 35 minutes 26 seconds
    Revisited 6: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Escalation

    After the introduction of the Dreadnought, the Naval Arms race would truly begin.

    10 Years of Podcasting Update: https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-years-of-107050529

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    5 July 2024, 5:00 am
  • 35 minutes 1 second
    Revisited 5: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race - Dread Nought

    Episode 5 of the series looks at the introduction of the HMS Dreadnought, why it was so special, and what the German reaction was to this new type of ship.


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    3 June 2024, 5:00 am
  • 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
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