About this episode

This episode explores the battlefield at High Wood, detailing the events and casualties of the Great War in 1916.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode. Today, we visit the battlefield at High Wood, one of the deadliest killing grounds of the Great War. Over 8000 men died in the three months of fighting here and we discover what happened during those fateful months in 1916.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Dixon

Topics covered

• battlefield
• World War I
• military history
• casualties
• 1916
• High Wood

Keywords

• High Wood
• Great War
• battlefield
• 1916
• military history
• casualties
• World War I

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Places: High Wood

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