Episodes
Monday Apr 01, 2024
81: Maria Bochkareva and the Women's Battalion of Death
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
The life of Maria Bochkareva and the 1st Women's Battalion of Death.
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
80: The Kerensky Offensive
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
A post-Tsarist Russia wanted to make its mark...it ended poorly.
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
79: The Battle of Messines Ridge
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
The first stage of Haig's long awaited Flanders Offensive began on June 7th, 1917.
Friday May 06, 2022
78: Lafayette, We Are Here
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
John J Pershing leads the first American troops to France in June 1917.
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
77: Only in Catastrophes
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
The French army grapples with widespread unrest after the Nivelle Offensive
Friday Jan 28, 2022
76: Bloody April
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
April was a deadly month for the Royal Flying Corps.
Dicta Boelcke
1. Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you.
2. Always carry through an attack when you have started it.
3. Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights.
4. Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses.
5. In any form of attack it is essential to assail your enemy from behind.
6. If your opponent dives on you, do not try to evade his onslaught, but fly to meet it.
7. When over the enemy's lines never forget your own line of retreat.
8. For the Staffel (squadron): Attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do not go for the same opponent