About this episode

The episode explores the burial of the Unknown Warrior and the surrounding historical context and confusion.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest podcast! In the first of a new themed series, we take a deep dive into some of the great questions of the First World War. Each episode is carefully researched, drawing on both primary and secondary sources to explore the truth — or the uncertainty — behind some of the conflict’s most important issues. In this episode, we examine the burial of the Unknown Warrior: the story behind the selection of the body, the confusion surrounding the process, the pomp...

People in this episode

Host: Matt Dixon

Topics covered

• First World War
• Unknown Warrior
• burial
• historical research
• military history

Keywords

• Unknown Warrior
• First World War
• burial
• historical research
• military history
• confusion
• pomp

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Books & works: Unknown Warrior

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