The French Army in the First World War, a Discussion: Pt 3

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

History

4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2023

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Part 3 of the ongoing discussion looks at the French Army in 1914: its readiness for a potential conflict with Germany, its underlying preparation and strategy for war, and its performance in the battles that raged in the summer and autumn of that year.

Joining us for this discussion are:

Christina Holstein, author of several incredible guides to the Verdun battlefield, amongst other published works and articles,
Steve Marsdin, a student and researcher of the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers and its effects,
Jim Smithson, author of “A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe. The Opening Phase of the Battle of Arras 9-14 April 1917” and two guide books on the Arras battlefields

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The All right.
0:49.3	All right. Hey, folks. This is Mike from the Battles of the First World War podcast, and we are back. And today, we are having a third roundtable discussion of the French Army during World War I. And we're going to be taking a look at the French Army at the beginning of the war in 1914.
1:11.4	This is something that in the course of the podcast we haven't really gotten into, so I'm super excited to listen to today's discussion.
1:21.0	Once again, we are with some of the best Great War historians in the field today.
1:26.5	With me this evening are Christina Holstein,
1:30.3	author of several incredible guides to the Verdun battlefield, amongst other published works and
1:35.6	articles. Steve Marsden, a student and researcher of the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers and its
1:42.9	effects. And Jim Smithson, author of A Taste of Success,
1:48.5	the First Battle of the Scarpe, the opening phase of the Battle of Arras, 9 to 14 April, 1917,
1:55.3	as well as two guidebooks on the Arras battlefields. And again, I just feel this is the right thing to do.
2:03.2	We offer a hearty thanks to Alex Lyons, whose idea these discussions originated from.
2:10.5	So Alex will join us again for later episodes as we get deeper into the war. And I know he's
2:16.3	challenged us to mention his great-grandfather's regiment, so I'll do it and go
2:20.9	ahead and get it out of the way for everybody.
2:23.3	It was the 350th, Rajimonte Infantari.
2:26.9	So there we go.
2:28.2	There you go, Alex.
2:29.5	Again, we have an excellent group here, and as always, you must please forgive me for
2:33.9	anything that may
2:35.0	happen technically so we'll go ahead and get started and just um before we start uh our discussion
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