Somme - October Slog

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

October on the Somme saw four Allied field armies attacking the Germans in a sea of mud. Despite the efforts the battles that took place would be local ones with little territorial gain.

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0:00.0	If you are wounded, blighty, if killed, the resurrection.
0:11.7	Lieutenant Donald Henke, First Royal Warwick's killed in action October 12th, the Psalm 1916.
0:37.4	Thank you. October 12th, the Psalm, 1916. Hey folks, welcome to the battlesles of the First World War podcast, episode 28, Psalm, October slog.
0:49.0	Thanks for those reviews on iTunes.
0:52.4	Keep them coming. We're at 78, 81, no, 84 right now, and getting ever closer to that wicked awesome 100 number.
1:04.9	If you enjoy the podcast and haven't yet reviewed it, please consider doing so.
1:10.3	It really is a huge help to the BFWP as reviewed. and haven't yet reviewed it, please consider doing so.
1:17.5	It really is a huge help to the BFWP as reviews really help us get noticed on iTunes.
1:31.7	If you'd like to make a financial contribution to the BFWP, you may do so in one of two ways. One-time donations can be made through PayPal. Just go to First World War Podcast.com and click on the PayPal button there. And if you'd like
1:40.2	to make a recurring donation, you can sign up to become a patron on patreon for that
1:46.7	please head over to patreon.com slash battles of the first world war podcast and sign up there
1:55.4	i'd like to thank kalem and myron for their recent contributions. Thanks, gentlemen.
2:02.8	Got to give a huge shout out to my man Cullen and the launching of his Caldron podcast,
2:11.9	a history of the world, battle by battle. Cullen's podcast will cover various battles throughout history from modern day to ancient times.
2:24.1	He has just released his first episode talking about the Battle of Caronia in 338 BCE, and it is good.
2:35.5	You can find him on SoundCloud and on his website,
2:38.8	cauldronpodcast.com.
2:41.0	This is going to be a good one, folks.
2:45.0	All right, we're back and this episode will have a lot going on.
2:51.8	We're going to cover the entire Somme battlefront from the French 10th Army in the south
2:57.6	to the British Reserve Army in the north.
3:01.9	To keep things as simple as possible, the events in this episode will be covered by army sectors.
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