Best Vimy Ridge Podcasts (2025)

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FALL OF SAIGON 1975 AND THE NAPALM GIRL | The Vietnam War and Kim Phúc’s journey to forgiveness 7:47

2M ago7:47

7:47

By Steve Lee

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BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE WORLD WAR 1 | Canada’s Great Easter Battle at Vimy Ridge in 1917 7:08

2M ago7:08

7:08

By Steve Lee

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Mémorial de Vimy : Histoires Vivantes 41:29

3M ago41:29

41:29

Découvrez un premier aperçu de Mémorial de Vimy : Histoires vivantes—une nouvelle façon d’explorer l’histoire grâce à l’application mémorielle de la Fondation Vimy. Youtube: https://youtu.be/idrNMjhna9cBy Vimy Foundation

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Vimy Memorial: Living Stories 40:53

3M ago40:53

40:53

Get a first look at Vimy Memorial: Living Stories—a new way to explore history through the Vimy Foundation’s living memorial app. Watch on YouTubeBy Vimy Foundation

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WW2 DAMBUSTERS RAID | The Incredible Story of Operation Chastise, 617 Squadron and Barnes Wallis 9:26

4M ago9:26

9:26

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WW2 OPERATION PEDESTAL | THE DARING CONVOY TO MALTA in 1942 and the SS Ohio 8:38

5M ago8:38

8:38

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WW1 CHRISTMAS TRUCE | 1914 Trench Football Match between England and Germany on No Man’s Land 6:18

7M ago6:18

6:18

By Steve Lee

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KING ALFRED THE GREAT defeats VIKING KING GUTHRUM and the Viking invasion | Battle of Edington 3:36

7M ago3:36

3:36

By Steve Lee

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A BRIDGE TOO FAR | Disastrous OPERATION MARKET GARDEN in WW2 and the Angel of Arnhem 3:31

7M ago3:31

3:31

By Steve Lee

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WW2 MASSACRE AT ORADOUR SUR GLANE 1944 | French village exterminated by German SS troops after D-Day 6:00

7M ago6:00

6:00

By Steve Lee

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TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR WW1 | Remembrance Day in Westminster Abbey 1920 7:06

7M ago7:06

7:06

By Steve Lee

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Forgotten Fronts: Newfoundland’s Memory of Gallipoli With Dr. Jane McGaughey 34:19

7M ago34:19

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Dr. Jane McGaughey is the Johnson Chair of Québec and Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University and a historian with a Ph.D. from Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Ulster's Men: Protestant Unionist Masculinities and Militarization in the North of Ireland, 1912-1923 and Violent Loyalties: Manliness, Migration, and the…

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Remembering Ypres: Memory and Loss in Canada’s First World War History with Dr. Geoffrey Bird 35:51

8M ago35:51

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While many Canadians are familiar with major Western Front battles like Vimy Ridge, the Second Battle of Ypres in Flanders in 1915 was a pivotal moment for Canada. This battle marked the first large-scale use of poison chlorine gas by the Germans and was also the first major CAnadian engagement since our entry in the war in the fall of 1914. Second…

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War Junk: The Podcast - Episode 5 - The Underground War at Vimy Ridge (PART 1) 43:02

10M ago43:02

43:02

Send us a text In Episode 5 the team discusses one of their most memorable shows produced on the Battle at Vimy Ridge that was fought in April 1917 with the focus on the underground war that was key to the Canadian victory. Special guest is ANDY HAWKINS from the Durand Group, a UK based tunnelling team that took Professor David O'Keefe and filmmake…

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WAR JUNK: THE PODCAST - Episode 4 - The Story of Pond Farm PART 2 46:57

11M ago46:57

46:57

Send us a text The team continues telling the story of Pond Farm, a 90 acre patch of land in the Ypres Salient that saw years of fighting during WW1. Professor David O'Keefe, and filmmaker Wayne Abbott with special guest Stijn Butaye discuss the opportunity they had to film on Pond Farm when Stijn and his family dig deep into the infamous blue clay…

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WAR JUNK: THE PODCAST - Episode 3 - The Battle of Ypres (The Story of Pond Farm) PART 1 49:07

11M ago49:07

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Send us a text WAR JUNK: THE POD CAST Episode 3 focuses on the story of Pond Farm, a patch of land between Ypres and Passchendaele in Belgium that saw 4 plus years of intense fighting during WW1. Professor David O'Keefe and filmmaker Wayne Abbott interview special guest Stijn who has lived his entire life on Pond Farm in the heart of Flanders. Stij…

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WAR JUNK: THE PODCAST - Episode 2 (Making of the Series and Battle of Hong Kong PART 2) 49:04

12M ago49:04

49:04

Send us a text The War Junk team including war relic hunter/digger Craig Mitchell discuss the Battle of Hong Kong and the key moments during the filming of the pilot show. They discuss the adventurous search in a remote area on Hong Kong Island for a cache of lost rifles from the battle in 1941. The team go into detail on their investigating of a s…

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WAR JUNK: THE PODCAST - Episode 1 (Making of the Series and Battle of Hong Kong PART 1) 40:19

12M ago40:19

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Send us a text WAR JUNK: THE PODCAST Episode 1 In the first podcast episode Professor David O'Keefe and filmmaker Wayne Abbott tell the story behind creating the TV series War Junk with a focus on producing the pilot episode on the BATTLE OF HONG KONG. Most of the stories have never been told including how they first planned on producing a series c…

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Le Colonialisme et la Première Guerre Mondiale avec Thomas Vennes 35:47

1+ y ago35:47

35:47

Thomas Vennes est doctorant en histoire à l'Université de Sherbrooke. Il s'intéresse au mouvement de conquête coloniale français en Afrique de l'Ouest, en particulier au action politique et militaire des officiers français ainsi qu'à la résistance armée africaine. Lors de sa maîtrise, il a travaillé sur la guerre du Bani-Volta, une révolte paysanne…

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2SLGBTQIA+ Soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force 28:01

1+ y ago28:01

28:01

Sarah Worthman is a freelance researcher and writer from St. John's, Newfoundland. Sarah researches a variety of topics including: human security, political history, and queer theory. Sarah received funding from the LGBT Purge Fund to conduct research on the history of LGBT persecution during the First World War. Sarah spent time working with Veter…

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Public History and The First World War with Jesse Alexander 37:22

1+ y ago37:22

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Jesse Alexander is a Public Historian, Educator, Documentary Film Host, Researcher, and Writer. Jesse graduated from the University of Vienna/Austria with a masters in Modern History with a focus on First World War Political Cartoons. From there, Jesse spent years working in archives and traveling across Europe where he visited many sites from the …

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Le Programme d'Identification des Pertes Militaires avec Dr. Sarah Lockyer 27:15

1+ y ago27:15

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Dr. Sarah Lockyer est coordinatrice de Programme d'Identification des Pertes Militaires au sein du Ministère de la Défense Nationale du Canada et des Forces Armées Canadiennes. Sarah est titulaire d'un doctorat en bioarchéologie de l'université de Bournemouth. Elle est aujourd'hui anthropologue judiciaire pour le programme d'identification des vict…

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The Casualty Identification Program with Dr. Sarah Lockyer 32:26

1+ y ago32:26

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Dr. Sarah Lockyer is the Casualty Identification Coordinator in Canada's Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Sarah graduated with a PhD in Bioarchaeology from Bournemouth University, and now acts as the Casualty Identification Programs forensic anthropologist. The program works to identify newly uncovered remains of Canadi…

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l'Histoire Publique et la Première Guerre Mondiale avec Jesse Alexander 38:09

1+ y ago38:09

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Jesse Alexander est l'animateur de deux chaînes YouTube populaires consacrées à l'histoire. Vous le reconnaîtrez peut-être comme l'animateur des chaînes The Great War et Real Time History. Grâce à ses documentaires et à ses vidéos, Jesse a rendu l'histoire de la guerre accessible à un large public. YOUkraine.at est une organisation non gouvernement…

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The Canadian Forces Artists Program with Renée Davis 30:10

1+ y ago30:10

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Renée completed her bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in history at the University of Ottawa is now the Historian of Military Heritage for the Department of National Defence’s Directorate of History and Heritage where she researches the history and culture of the Canadian Armed Forces. Renée also manages the Canadian Forces Artists Program, and works…

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COFFIN PREACHER MAD HARRY MUNN | Belfast’s Salvation Army street preacher fakes his own death 7:21

2+ y ago7:21

7:21

By Steve Lee

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MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL SINKS | Deep sea diver William Walker stops Winchester Cathedral from collapse 6:28

2+ y ago6:28

6:28

By Steve Lee

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THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR | SIEGE OF CALAIS and THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS walk of shame 6:43

2+ y ago6:43

6:43

By Steve Lee

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CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM | The story of the 1954 Greater London Crusade at Harringay Arena 9:04

2+ y ago9:04

9:04

By Steve Lee

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FROM CRIME TO JESUS CHRIST | Gangland Converts Nicky Cruz, Chris Lambrianou and the Apostle Paul 7:47

2+ y ago7:47

7:47

By Steve Lee

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La communauté italienne, les Métis et la Première Guerre mondiale 58:26

2+ y ago58:26

58:26

Dans cet épisode spécial hors-série, Brintha Koneshachandra, notre animatrice, et Luca Sollail (historien, UdeM) abordent l'histoire de la communauté italienne canadienne pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Quant à Madeleina Daigneault, récipiendaire du PPV 2021, elle nous parle des Métis! | Animation : Brintha Koneshachandra | Invité.e.s : Luca S…