World War 1 - Coalition Warfare & Command Challenges
Battles of the First World War Podcast
Mike Cunha
4.8 • 812 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this stand-alone episode we are going up over the battlefields and the fronts to take a 10,000 meter (that’s 30,000ft) view of the Great War, specifically prosecuting that war through the framework of coalition warfare. We’re going to take a look at the challenges of command within a warfighting coalition.
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| 0:00.0 | Since I have seen alliances at work, I have lost something of my admiration for Napoleon. |
| 0:12.0 | General Maurice Saray, French Army, in a conversation to French Premier Georges Glammonsoe, spring 1918. The |
| 0:40.3 | The Hey folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast. |
| 1:20.1 | Before we get started, I just want to give a shout out to my man, Kuhn, a listener who I met when I was in Iper just a couple of weeks ago. While I was hanging |
| 1:29.4 | out at Lesal in Epps, Kuhn came over to say hi. And honestly, like, how cool is that? It was awesome |
| 1:38.3 | to meet you, man, and I hope we can do so again in the future. |
| 1:51.4 | Okay, so now let's see if I can use some cheesy and cliche business language for the following little piece of admin notes. |
| 1:55.5 | Also, while in Iepra, I met up with Roger Stewart of Iper Battlefield Tours |
| 2:00.2 | and the new Iper League. We talked for a bit |
| 2:03.5 | and we have decided that I will be the public facing interface for New Iper League's North |
| 2:11.5 | American operations. How was that? Okay, here's what it is, folks. |
| 2:18.8 | For those of you on the North American continent, |
| 2:21.4 | if you decide to join the New Iper League, |
| 2:23.8 | I'll be the guy sending you a little welcome packet in the mail. |
| 2:27.2 | And here's why you should consider joining up. |
| 2:31.4 | What is the New Iper League? |
| 2:36.9 | Well, from the Register Charities website, |
| 2:45.4 | The New Iper League is an IPRA-based charity dedicated to remembering the fallen of all sides in the EPR Salian during the Great War of 1914 to 1918. |
| 3:00.3 | The aims of the new Iber League are very straightforward and are based on the core values of the original Iper League. |
| 3:02.9 | Here are just a few of them. |
| 3:20.4 | To continue our commitment and obligation to the fallen by commemorating all soldiers who lost their lives in the Iper Salient during the Great War, by attending burial, rededication, and memorial services with a standard bearer and a wreath layer. |
| 3:28.2 | To restore the historic relationship between the Iper League and St. George's Memorial Church. To introduce a program of information boards relevant |
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