Episodes

  • A Legend is Born

    A Legend is Born
    Mar 23 2025
    before dawn on April 25th 1915 Australian and New Zealand troops land at a beach that will soon be known as ANZAC Cove. The landing place is a kilometre North of the intended landing place. The ANZACS fight up the steep terrain and suffer 2000 casualties on the first day. Turkish counter attacks have left the ANZACS in a perilous position.

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    19 mins
  • Answering the Call

    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

    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

    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
  • The Battle of the Cocos Islands

    The Battle of the Cocos Islands
    Mar 9 2025
    HMAS Sydney was escorting the convoy carrying the ANZAC Corp. A strange telegraph message is received from a remote telegraph station. What follows is a naval engagement that a nation can be proud of. Perhaps more importantly the troops are kept safe on their journey to Egypt.

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    15 mins
  • Open Warfare

    Open Warfare
    Mar 3 2025
    Rich and Dave provide a roundup of the battles of 1914 to Early 1915. This a summary to provide listeners some context before we start covering Australian Actions in World War 1.

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    15 mins
  • The July Crisis

    The July Crisis
    Mar 3 2025
    1914, The Kings of England, Russia and Germany are cousins who grew up together and attended each other's weddings. These family ties were not enough to stop the machinery of war following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo.

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    17 mins
  • Restless Empires

    Restless Empires
    Feb 24 2025
    German Unification and subsequent industrialisation upset the European order. The Austro-Hungarian Empire struggles keep itself together while Balkan states emerge and fight for their own place in the world. Europe lurches from crisis to crisis waiting for that one flame to reach the powder keg.

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    21 mins