Valour

By: Richard Boalch
  • Summary

  • Discover forgotten leaders, battles, heroes and villains on the Valour podcast.

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    Richard Boalch
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Episodes
  • Answering the Call
    Mar 18 2025

    Volunteers from Australia and New Zealand answer the call to fight for King and Country. They embark on the largest convoy to leave Australian waters up to that time. A change of destination sees them diverted to Egypt for training and then to the Greek Island of Lemnos



    "It's a long way to Tipperary" Written by Jack Judge Performed by Albert Farrington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons


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    16 mins
  • The Deadly Narrows
    Mar 16 2025
    First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill champions a plan to force the narrows using sea power only. Turkish forts and sea mines had other ideas. The British and French suffer a humiliating defeat which costs them 3 Battleships with further losses during the subsequent land campaign. Although there are some successes for submarines. It soon becomes clear that the Narrows won't be forced by sea alone.

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    14 mins
  • Romancing The Sick Man
    Mar 11 2025
    The Ottoman Empire was in decline but it still held strategic land assets impacting supply routes to Russia and the Suez Canal. This made The Ottomans a vital strategic ally for all Major Powers. In this episode Rich and Dave explore the Geopolitical events that led to the sick man choosing his dance partner for world war 1.

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    14 mins

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