The French Army in the First World War, a Discussion: Pt 5

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

The group is back!

Part 5 of the ongoing discussion looks at the French Army in 1916, the first of a two- or three-part series on this crucial year of WW1. This episode will focus on the French Army’s experience in its most trying battlefield crucible: the Battle of Verdun.

Joining us for this discussion are:

Christina Holstein, author of several incredible guides to the Verdun battlefield, amongst other published works and articles,
Alex Lyons, the man who spends his free time telling us the story of his Poilu great-grandfather on Twitter,

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hey, folks. We are back with another amazing group of people.
0:59.2	We got Alex and Miss Christina Holstein here, ready to talk about the French Army during World War I.
1:18.0	In particular, for the next one or two, possibly three episodes on our ongoing series on the French Army, we're going to be talking about the French Army in 1960. This episode here will cover the French Army's bloody crucible, that of the Battle of Verdun.
1:24.0	Second episode will cover the French Army's experience everywhere outside of Verdun. And again,
1:31.9	that might go into a third episode. So, settle in with a cup of coffee, if you're about to go on a walk, go ahead and make it a long one.
1:36.0	I think you will very much enjoy this episode.
1:45.9	So again, with me this evening, Ms. Christina Holstein, author of several incredible guides to the Verdun battlefield, amongst them,
1:52.4	the forthcoming Verdun 1914, the opening moves due out in spring 2025.
1:55.8	So you probably know about the Verdun Salient.
1:59.4	If you want to know how it was formed, which most people don't,
2:04.8	Ms. Holstein has answered that question for you in her forthcoming book, so make sure that you get it.
2:07.1	And then we have Alex Lyons.
2:10.3	Again, I always describe him the same way. The man who spends his free time telling us the story of his Pauulu great-grandfather on Twitter,
2:16.8	which is an amazing account.
2:19.8	He's also expanded over to Blue Sky in recent weeks.
2:23.5	I've seen that as well.
2:25.9	And he also spent some of his time complaining about how a certain podcaster is always, quote,
2:31.7	banging on about the Americans, end quote.
2:34.7	We'll just, you know, that's, that's cool.
2:36.4	All's fair in love and podcasting.
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