About this episode

This episode answers listener questions about the preservation and significance of historic battlefields from the First World War.

In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast, we answer another fascinating collection of listener questions that explore the people, places and practical realities of the First World War. We begin by asking why visitors can walk, play and live on some historic battlefields, such as the D-Day beaches, while places like Newfoundland Memorial Park on the Somme remain carefully preserved. What makes a battlefield "sacred", and who decides how these landscapes should be remembered? We then untan...

People in this episode

Host: Paul Reed

Topics covered

• First World War
• battlefields
• historical preservation
• listener questions
• sacred landscapes

Keywords

• First World War
• battlefields
• D-Day
• Somme
• historical preservation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: D-Day beaches, Newfoundland Memorial Park, Somme

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