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Welcome to our 199th podcast and the penultimate episode of Season 8!

I'm in a nostalgic mood this evening, and we're looking at the Canadian masterpiece battle, the capture of Vimy Ridge, on Easter Monday, 1917.

Through meticulous planning, shared intelligence and pure bloody-minded grit, the Canadians swept up Vimy Ridge and captured the strategic heights as part of the opening phase of the Battle of Arras.

We look at the planning and the battle itself to find out what happened on that snow-swept day in April 1917.

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Welcome to the latest podcast!

It's a real pleasure to be joined by military historian, researcher and cycling battlefield guide, Jeremy Banning.

In our wide-ranging discussion, we talk about meeting the many veterans Jeremy shared his time with, working on documentaries for the BBC, cycling the battlefields and the long-lasting friendship formed with the last Tommy, 111-year-old Harry Patch.

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Welcome to the latest episode!

Today we travel to the Middle East and hear about the Battle of Megiddo, a little-known but stunning Allied success in September 1918.

Meticulously planned and executed by General Allenby, the battle ended Turkish resistance in WWI and resulted in the capture of more than 75,000 Ottoman soldiers.