WWI @ AQ: Recent Episodes
Bethany Kilcrease
Brief podcasts about the history of WWI. Produced and published by Aquinas College's History of WWI class.
By Brenden Zimmer
Describing the history and the chemistry behind the Haber-Bosch Process.
By Emma Waris
A podcast about Anna Coleman Ladd, the woman who changed the lives of the "mutilés" of the Great War.
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By Tim Hill
A short description of the U.S. Presidential election of 1916, brought to you by Tim Hill.
Sources:
Cooper, John Milton. Woodrow Wilson: a Biography. Vintage Books, 2011.
Lovell, S. D. The Presidential Election of 1916. Southern Illinois University Press, 1980.
Purcell, L. Edward, and Ray E. Boomhower. Vice Presidents: a Biographical Dictionary. Facts On File, 2010.
Image from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election
By Spencer Ford and Justin Hills
Sources included: 1) https://www.history.com/topics/korea/russo-japanese-war 2) https://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Japanese-War 3) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War
By Gannon Foley and Jake Sherman
This week on the podcast, Gannon and Jake discuss hearing loss in the first World War and the effects that it had on soldiers and the overall life in the military.
Alexander, Caroline. “The Shock of War.” Smithsonian Magazine. September 2010. Accessed October 18, 2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shock-of-war-55376701/.
Conroy, Katherine and V. Malik. “Hearing loss in the trenches - a hidden morbidity of World War I.” The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. October 29, 2018. Accessed October 18, 2020. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/16B72309AAB4878A1AFE2E1F56C13CA1/S0022215118001755a.pdf/hearing_loss_in_the_trenches_a_hidden_morbidity_of_world_war_i.pdf.
Traynor, Robert. “Hearing Loss in the Trenches of World War I.” Hearing Health and Technology Matters. April 1, 2014. Accessed October 18, 2020. https://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearinginternational/2014/hearing-loss-trenches-wwi/.
By Gannon Foley and Jake Sherman
This week on the podcast, Gannon and Jake discuss different types of American WWI propaganda and the effects it had on the country.
“Can Vegetables, Fruit, and the Kaiser too.” Accessed October 11, 2020. https://www.history.nd.gov/exhibits/gardening/images/popups/10935-P150-can-the-kaiser.jpg.
Collier, Barron G. “Times Are Hard Your Majesty—You Leave Us Nothing to Do.” 1918. Poster. World Digital Library. Accessed October 11, 2020. https://www.wdl.org/en/item/4527/.
Flagg, James Montgomery. “I Want You for US Army.” 1917. Poster. World Digital Library. Accessed October 11, 2020. https://www.wdl.org/en/item/576/.
Karunaratne, Natasha. “The Anti-German Sentiment of WWI.” Re-Imagining Migration. Accessed October 11, 2020. https://reimaginingmigration.org/the-anti-german-sentiment-of-world-war-i/.
Siegel, Robert and Art Silverman. “During World War I, US Government Propaganda Erased German Culture.” NPR. April 7, 2017. Accessed October 11, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2017/04/07/523044253/during-world-war-i-u-s-government-propaganda-erased-german-culture.
Strothmann, Frederick. “Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds.” 1918. Poster. “The Anti-German Sentiment of World War I” by Natasha Karunaratne. Re-Imagining Migration. Accessed October 11, 2020. https://reimaginingmigration.org/the-anti-german-sentiment-of-world-war-i/.
By Jacob Skorka
An overview of Japan’s involvement in the war, including why they joined the allies and the impact on Japan’s future.
By Timothy Hill
A little bit of background on one of the most famous figures of the Great War. Who was he? Why was he chosen to be assassinated? How did he feel about rising nationalism in Europe?
By Emma Waris
Welcome to my podcast ! This short episode focuses on the life of Louise de Bettignies, a French Resistant during World War One.
By Sarah Walker
There were a wide variety of weapons used in WWI, some new and some old.
By Bethany Kilcrease
I'm super excited to get my new German lozenge-pattern camouflage face mask and just start talking about camouflage on the fly. Sorry, no script!
This is a Fokker D.VII with lozenge camouflage. See "Lozenge camouflage," Wikipedia, accessed September, 21, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozenge_camouflage#:~:text=Lozenge%20camouflage%20was%20a%20military,of%20the%20Imperial%20German%20Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte.
By Parker Erickson
Short summary of the use of tanks in WWI, the first war in which tanks were used.
Sources:
"History - World Wars: Weapons of War: Mark 1 Tank - Non Interactive Version." BBC. February 17, 2011. Accessed September 18, 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/nonflash_tank.shtml.
Kennedy, Michael David. "Tanks and Tank Warfare." New Articles RSS. Accessed September 18, 2020. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/tanks_and_tank_warfare.
Photograph 165-BO-0834; Tank Crossing Trench; 1914 -1918; British Photographs of World War I, 1914 - 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
"The Vital Role Of Tanks In The Second World War." Imperial War Museums. Accessed September 18, 2020. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-vital-role-of-tanks-in-the-second-world-war.
"Timeline: Key Battles on the Western Front." The Guardian. November 09, 2008. Accessed September 17, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/09/western-front-battles-timeline.
"Voices of the First World War: Tanks On The Somme." Imperial War Museums. Accessed September 18, 2020. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-tanks-on-the-somme.
"Weapons on Land - Tanks and Armoured Vehicles." Canada and the First World War. Accessed September 17, 2020. https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/battles-and-fighting/weapons-on-land/chars-et-vehicules-blindes/.
Woolf, Christopher. "The Day Tanks Changed War Forever." The World from PRX. September 15, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2020. https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-15/day-tanks-changed-war-forever.
By Justin Hills
The U.S. Side of the War summarized from just before their declaration, to the final battles of the Western front
Sources:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-delivers-fourteen-points-speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points
http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/fourteen-points.htm
Joseph Curry
The role of the Kaiser in the July Crisis, the war effort, and his life after in the Netherlands
Reuters, Thomas. "Engineers Stumble on WWI German Submarine Sunk by 'Sea Monster.'" CBC Radio-Canada. 19 October, 2016.
Khan, Shehab. "Wreckage of Century Old German U-boat Discovered off Scottish Coast." The Independent. 19 October, 2016.
"WWI U-boat Wreck Discovered off the Galloway Coast." Deutches U-Boot Museum. October, 2016.
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Banigan, Melissa. "Travel - The Nine Ghost Villages of Northern France." BBC News. November 22, 2018. Accessed December 03, 2018. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/ 20181122-the-nine-ghost-villages-of-northern-france.
National Geographic Society. "Red Zone." National Geographic Society. April 30, 2014. Accessed December 03, 2018. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/red-zone/.
Russell, Shahan. "The "Red Zone" In France Is So Dangerous That 100 Years After WWI It Is Still A No-Go Area." War History Online. July 03, 2017. Accessed December 03, 2018. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-i/this-red-zone-in-france-is-so- dangerous-100-years-after-wwi-it-is-still-a-no-go-area.html.
Sources
Anthony, Richards. (2014). The Conscientious Objectors Paid a High Price. The Telegram.Retrieved from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-nine/10803538/conscientious-objectors-first-world-war.html.
Conscientious Objector. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/conscientious-objector.
Schleif, Luke. (2014). Conscientious Objectors. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Retrieved from https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/conscientious_objectors.
Yoder, Anne (N.D.). Conscientious Objection During World War I. Retrieved from https://wwionline.org/articles/conscientious-objection-during-world-war-i/.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/
https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Christmas-Truce
https://www.irishcentral.com/uploads/article/2387/cropped_MI-GPO-ruins-1916-Easter-Rising.jpg?t=1522413606
"Easter Rising 1916 Ireland." Easter Rising 1916 Ireland. Accessed November 09, 2018. http://www.easter1916.net/.
"What Was the Easter Rising?" RTE.ie. Accessed November 09, 2018. https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/what-was-the-easter-rising.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Easter Rising." Encyclopædia Britannica. October 11, 2018. Accessed November 09, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising.
Sources
Welch, David. Depicting the enemy. British Library, 2014. https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/depicting-the-enemy. Fox, Jo. Atrocity Propaganda. British Library, 2014. https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/atrocity-propaganda http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/britain/espionage.htm The National Archives. Propaganda 1914-1918. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g6/background.htm
Sources
Chandler, Adam. (2017). The Leak That Helped Push America Into World War I. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/03/zimmermann-telegram/518217/.
Rubin, Richard. (2014). Why Don’t Americans Remember the War. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/08/why-dont-americans-remember-the-war/373469/.
Storey, William Kelleher. (2014). The First World War (2nd ed.) London, United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
The participation of children during the great war. Sources: www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-ways-children-took-part-in-the-first-world-war
Sources: “Firstworldwar.com.” First World War.com - Weapons of War: Machine Guns, www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/ukconscription.htm Simkin, John. Spartacus Educational, Spartacus Educational, spartacus-educational.com/FWWpals.htm “Firstworldwar.com.” First World War.com - Weapons of War: Machine Guns, www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/derbyscheme.htm
Women's fashion during World War I
Harem Pants - Downton Abbey example
Women's fashion catelogue during World War I
Sources:
Cunningham, Patricia A.. Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920 : Politics, Health, and Art. Ashland: The Kent State University Press, 2015. Accessed September 30, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central.
Rabinovitch-Fox, Einav. “[Re]Fashioning the New: Women's dress, the oriental style, and the Construction of American Feminist Imagery in the 1910s.” Journal of Women's History 27, (2) (Summer) (2015): 14-36,194, http://aquinas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.aquinas.idm.oclc.org/docview/1689848825?accountid=8340 (accessed September 30, 2018).
Interesting Battle Rosaries issued to Catholic soldiers in World War 1. They are unlike any rosary in existence today.
Sources:
"100th Anniversary of 1916 Military Rosary Inspires New Combat Rosary." Roman Catholic Man. March 22, 2018. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://www.romancatholicman.com/100th-anniversary-of-1916-military-rosary-inspires-new-combat-rosary/.
"Here's a Sturdy Rosary for Catholic Men." National Catholic Register. Accessed September 19, 2018. http://www.ncregister.com/blog/astagnaro/heres-a-sturdy-rosary-for-catholic-men.
"Historical Replicas | WWI Battle Beads Rosary - $29.99." Rugged Rosaries®. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://www.cordbands.com/pages/battle-beads-rosary.
"WWI Battle Beads® Service Combat Rosary - The Soldier's Rosary." Rugged Rosaries®. Accessed September 19, 2018. https://www.cordbands.com/products/wwimbb-pardon.
Welcome to our 2018 podcast season! This short episode briefly discusses the commemoration of the war, and specifically the armistice, in Britain. It also discusses special events planned for the centenary in Britain and the USA.
Image of the Cenotaph in 1919.
Sources
Dougan, Andy. Through the Crosshairs; A History of Snipers. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005.
Neiberg, Michael S.The World War I Reader. New York: New York University Press, 2007.
Plaster, John L. The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 2008.
Pegler, Martin. Sniping in the Great War. United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Military, 2008.
Pegler, Martin and Ramiro Bujiero. The Military Sniper Since 1914. Oxford, United Kingdom:Osprey Publishing, 2001.
German Sniper and Spotter, 1917, accessed May 2, 2016, http://www.ddoughty.com/snipers.html
Feld-Uniformen unserer Feinde im Westen [Field Uniforms of our Enemies in the West], German poster for identifying enemy soldiers, 1914, accessed April 27, 1916, http://i.imgur.com/JV7H0bv.jpg.
Feld-Uniformen unserer Feinde im Osten [Field Uniforms of our Enemies in the East], German poster for identifying enemy soldiers, 1914, accessed April 27, 1916, http://i.imgur.com/JV7H0bv.jpg.
See also Jonathan North, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of World War I: An expert guide to the uniforms of Britain, France, Russia, America, Germany and Austro-Hungary (London, UK: Lorenz Books, 2011).
Information from the Institution of Engineering and Technology and Wikipedia.
Image from Paul Gannon, "First World War technology: Room 40 secret intelligence unit," Engineering and Technology Magazine, May 19, 2014, http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2014/05/before-bletchley.cfm, accessed April 21, 2016.
A look at the 36th (Ulster) Division and the important role they played at the Battle of the Somme.
James Prinsep Beadle's The charge of the Ulster Division, Somme, 1st July, 1916 in Belfast. Image from "World War One: Political Divisions," Creative Centenaries, http://www.creativecentenaries.org/event/world-war-one-political-divisions, accessed April 21, 2016.
Sources: The 36th (Ulster) Division in 1914-1918 36th (Ulster) Division The Somme: Irish in Battle Battle of the Somme
Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts (1920).
First edition photo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Doctor_Dolittle, accessed April 21, 2016.
Miranda Carter, "How George, Nicholas and Wilhelm were Related: A Royal Family Tree," from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, http://knopfdoubleday.com/marketing/post/CarterFamilyTree.gif
A look at the history of home rule in Ireland and related concepts and its lasting effects today.
"Home Rule for Ireland" poster - Image from http://www.greatwar.nl/eire/homerule.html Sources: "The Home Rule Crisis 1910-1914" "1916 Easter Rising: Prelude"
Sources:
Ruane, Michael E. "First Americans to die in WWI may have been volunteers in French army." Washington Post 14 Feb. 2015. Web. 23 Mar. 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/first-americans-to-die-in-wwi-may-have-been-volunteers-in-french-army/2015/02/14/a1d137de-b2d8-11e4-827f-93f454140e2b_story.html
Additional Resources:
http://www.bartleby.com/104/121.html https://www.neam.org/lafayette-escadrille/americansinfas.html
Sources:
Kemp, Adam. Churchill’s First World War. Directed by Adam Kemp. 2013. United Kingdom: Aenon Limited, distributed by British Broadcasting Channel. Netflix. Photograph of Churchill in 1915 as First Lord of the Admiralty from Woolworth's Museum, http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/WWI-WinstonChurchill.html
Sources:
Food amd War in Twentieth Century Europe, Edited by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Rachel Duffett, and Alain Drouard. Farnham, GB: Ashgate, 2012.
Other Resources: http://www.instructables.com/id/ACORN-Coffee/ http://foragedfoods.co.uk/how-to-make-acorn-coffee/ http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/899/3/the-british-blockade-during-world-war-i-the-weapon-of-deprivation Image of German ersatz coffee in original package from https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2010/07/12/nothing-like-the-real-thing/
1916 Proclamation - Public Domain
Sources:
Patrick Abbot, History of Ireland, "1914 - 1919: The First World War, Easter Rising and rise ofSinn Féin," http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/history/19141919.html.
"Easter Rising 1916," Septs of Ireland, http://www.easter1916.net/.
Image from https://historiadospuntocero.com/momcilo-gavric/
Sources:
"MomčiloGavrić - Serbia.com." Serbiacom. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.
Public Domain Photograph of young soldiers
Sources:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/brave-story-youngest-soldier-ww1-3927739
Pals' Battalion at the Somme, from https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/684454/losses-suffered-Pals-brigades-battalions-Battle-of-Somme Sources:
Robinson, Bruce. The Pals Battalions in World War I. BBC, 3 Mar. 2011. Web. 6 Feb. 2016. http://www.bbc.co.uk/.../british/britain_wwone/pals_01.shtml.
"Carnage as 235 Pals died in 20 minutes." Accrington Observer 30 June 2006. Web. 6 Feb. 2016. http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/.../carnage-as-235....
Check out Oxford University Press's "The Greater War" series at https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/g/the-greater-war-tgw/?lang=en&cc=us.
Music: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," written by Jack Judge, performed by Robert Mandell Orchestra, accessed Feb 2, 2016, available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsynSgeo_Uo; and "The Battle of the Somme," performed by the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, accessed Feb 3, 2016, available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW2ojn5agr4.
Horses and Men in Gasmask - Public Domain Photograph Sources "5 Technological Innovations from WW1." HISTORY. 2014. Accessed January 31, 2016.http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-world-wars/articles/5-technological-innovations-from-ww1. "History of Horses During WWI." HISTORY. 2013. Accessed January 31, 2016. http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-real-war-horse/articles/history-of-horses-during-wwi. Singleton, John. "Britain's Military Use Of Horses 1914–1918." Past and Present 139, no. 1 (May 1993): 178-203. Accessed January 28, 2016. General OneFile. "Who Were the Real War Horses of WW1?" BBC News. Accessed January 27, 2016.http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zp6bjxs#z9c2yrd.
Here's my explanation of how to make a podcast using your smart phone or other mobile device with the free PodBean app. You can also watch a video explanation by clicking here: http://support.podbean.com/customer/en/portal/topics/478822-podbean-app/articles. Additionally, you can record podcasts using whatever mp3 recorder you want and then upload them to this site. See the PodBean FAQs or ask me for more details. Just for reference, this podcast episode is just over 4.5 minutes long and the "script" I worked from is just over 450 words.