FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE 1 | The Battle of Amiens and the First World War
Channel: ChromeRadio
Date: 28/09/2018

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918.

(1) THE BATTLE OF AMIENS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
In this podcast, SIR HEW STRACHAN, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, considers the Battle of Amiens in August 1918 in the context of the First World War as a whole, and how three commanders - Haig, Rawlinson, and Foch - all of whom had experienced failure as well as success in the earlier years of the War, were to come together at the Battle of Amiens to great effect.

MUSIC | Rouse (Steve Sidwell) licensed courtesy of audionetwork | Last Post - LSgt Stuart Laing on a WW1 (1915) bugle.

PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.