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Join Tom & Dominic as they recount the astonishing story of the Battle of the Marne, where defeat transformed into hope, and the future of the war hung in the balance. 🎙️: 📺:

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨. ANIMATED on YouTube and Spotify. 🔫WW1: THE MIRACLE ON THE MARNE🔫. In September 1914, with France teetering on the brink of collapse, the French army launched a desperate counter-offensive against the advancing Germans. Known as the Miracle on the Marne, this

They knew how bad World War One was going to be.

Just 2 minutes and 5 seconds of @holland_tom and @dcsandbrook laughing at the British commander in WW1

France's cunning plan to win WW1.

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨. ANIMATED on YouTube and Spotify. 🔫WW1: THE BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS🔫. After the outbreak of the First World War, what was Britain’s first military move? Where did France launch its opening attack against Germany? And which largely forgotten battle saw the

Germany's tough strategic position at the beginning of WW1.

Germany's mad gamble to win WW1.

The kind of odds we British like.

World War One through a reading of the illustrious 'moustache' school of military history.

In which @holland_tom invents a novel military ploy.

Join Tom & Dominic as they chart the opening days of one of history’s most consequential and cataclysmic events: the outbreak of the First World War. On YouTube, our entire series will be ANIMATED EPISODES. 🎙️: .📺:

🚨NEW SERIES🚨. 🔫World War One🔫. How did the First World War erupt after the fateful declarations of 1914? What were the very first military clashes of this cataclysmic conflict, and how did the key political leaders react as Europe slid into chaos?. What was the thinking

Join Tom, Dominic, and Professor Robert Coles as they relive one of the most legendary battles in English sporting history. 🎙️: 📺:

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨. 🥊THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY🥊. In 1860, two men, John Heenan and Tom Sayers, met illegally in a Hampshire field for a brutal prizefight that transfixed the nation and the world. Why did this savage clash captivate the Victorians so much? Was it the true birth of