Meuse-Argonne - The German Army in October 1918: A Discussion with Randy Gaulke

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Randy Gaulke, WW1 historian and founder of Knee Deep in History Tours, returns to the podcast to talk about the state of the German Army in October 1918.

Join Randy at Knee Deep Into History:

https://kneedeepintohistory.com/

Randy’s bibliography:

Asprey, Robert B. The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct WW1.

Lengel, Edward G., Editor. A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

McEntee, Girard Lindsley, Col. US Army (Retired). Military History of The World War: A Complete Account of the Campaigns on all Fronts Accompanied by 456 Maps and Diagrams. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1943.

Moyer, Laurence. Victory Must be Ours: Germany in the Great War, 1914-1918. Hippocrene Books, New York.

United States War Office. Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), London Stamp Exchange LTD., 1989.

Watson, Alexander. Enduring the Great War: Combat Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914 – 1918. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Zabecki, David T. The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War.

Routledge, Oxon and New York, 2006.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hey folks. This is Mike from the Battles of the First World War podcast.
0:54.5	With me this afternoon is returning guest Randy Golkin.
0:58.6	Randy was the guest for the first Mirzargone episode all those years ago,
1:04.5	and he returns now as we work to wind down the battle.
1:09.3	Randy is the webmaster of the ever-excellent Merzargon.com website and Facebook group,
1:15.6	which remains an invaluable resource when researching aspects of this particular battle.
1:22.7	He's also the founder of Knee Deep in History, a battlefield tour company he runs with his longtime German friend Marcus Klauer.
1:31.3	Together, Randy and Marcus offer public and private tours of the Mursargan, San Miel, and other World War I and World War II battlefields,
1:40.3	with the focus on getting clients into the field and showing both the allied and German
1:46.3	sides of the battle. And speaking of that German perspective, Randy joins us this afternoon
1:52.8	to discuss the German side of the Merzargan campaign. He will also be joining us for another
2:00.0	episode on looking at the AEF in the Merz
2:03.4	Argonne through some statistics. I'm so excited he's here on the show again and I look forward
2:09.7	to getting into this conversation. So Randy, welcome back to the podcast. I'm happy to,
2:15.8	happy that you're here, man. Thanks, Mike.
2:18.3	Good to see you too.
2:19.3	Quick question.
2:21.3	Before we dive into the German Army, I was looking at your tour schedule.
2:26.3	Yes.
2:27.3	And we've got hours going on as well.
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