Second Marne - Friedensturm

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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4.8 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This episode will visit the German strategic situation in June 1918 and the resulting plans for their next offensive, which would be called "Friedensturm:" the Peace Offensive.

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0:00.0	I informed the Kaiser that the army was concentrated and totally prepared for the greatest undertaking in its history.
0:12.0	General de Infantry and the 1st General Quartiermeister, Eric Ludendorf, June 1918.
0:23.6	The The
0:40.3	The Hey, folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast.
1:17.3	Second Marn, Friedenstorm.
1:22.9	First and foremost, shout out to new Patreon patrons,
1:27.4	Philip and Antony. Thank you so much.
1:32.4	Patrons on Patreon help support the show, and they receive early access to episodes ad-free.
1:39.2	Some episodes won't be released for months, but you can listen right now if you sign up.
1:45.4	Patrons also receive access to extra episodes, as well as the opportunity to join the BFWP Book Club.
1:55.6	The book club is where guests and myself get on a Zoom call to discuss a World War I memoir or history
2:02.2	we've decided to read together.
2:05.1	We typically rotate through the nationalities that took part in the war for the memoirs
2:08.9	and have read French, British, German, and American accounts.
2:13.6	Recently, we began a great discussion on a more weighty book, Michelle Goya's Flesh and Steel
2:19.2	during the Great War, the transformation of the French Army and the invention of modern warfare.
2:25.2	This is a compact but densely packed book full of information, and the conversation was a good
2:31.6	one with the group. We've decided to tackle the book again for a part two in the fall
2:37.0	when we have the next book club meeting.
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2:48.0	Links to Patreon are in the show notes.
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