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EPISODE · Jun 23, 2025 · 58 MIN

Episode 82: French in WWI – Your Questions Answered

from WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! · host Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

In this episode, with the aid of regular guest and French Army expert James Taub, we delve your questions on France in WW1. What exactly is a French Colonial unit? What did the French think of the chauchat machine gun? And what did the British soldier think of his French counterpart? We discuss all this and more. Join Our Community: ⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠⁠ Thanks to James Taub for joining us on the podcast: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/taubhistory.bsky.social⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-taub-670096103/⁠⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & James Taub - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Hunter Christensen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, with the aid of regular guest and French Army expert James Taub, we delve your questions on France in WW1. What exactly is a French Colonial unit? What did the French think of the chauchat machine gun? And what did the British soldier think of his French counterpart? We discuss all this and more. Join Our Community: ⁠⁠https://not-so-quiet.com/⁠⁠ Use our code: Dugout and get one month free as a Captain. Support via Paypal:⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/nsq-paypal⁠⁠ Thanks to James Taub for joining us on the podcast: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/taubhistory.bsky.social⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-taub-670096103/⁠⁠ Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! E-Mail: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Battle Guide YouTube Channel:⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT⁠⁠ Our WW2 Podcast:⁠⁠ https://battleguide.co.uk/bsow⁠⁠ If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter:⁠⁠ ⁠https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter⁠⁠ Twitter: @historian1914 @DanHillHistory @BattleguideVT Credits: - Host: Dr. Spencer Jones & James Taub - Production: Linus Klaßen - Editing: Hunter Christensen & Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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