Paul Reed
@sommecourt
Military Historian, Author, Battlefield Guide: specialising in #WW1 & #WW2. Occasional wargamer. Host of the #podcast @OldFrontLinePod. 🇫🇷
Above the Battlefield: Royal Flying Corps & RAF in WW1: in the start of a special @OldFrontLinePod War in the Air Month we begin with an overview of the RFC & RAF on the Western Front in #WW1. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/07/19/abo…
Tomorrow on @OldFrontLinePod we are joined for our 250th Episode of the #podcast by @1940Andy in our continuing Air War Series to discuss the life, death and burial of #WW1 Air Ace Mick Mannock VC. #OFL250

Interesting to see the Claude Lowther connection, the founder of Lowther’s Lambs, but as yet no mention of Neville Lytton who was one of his officers who knew Churchill and may have met him in France? Might the writing be his?
Could a £140 Ardingly Antiques Fair purchase turn out to be a lost treasure by the 41 year old Winston Churchill, the year after he took up painting? Place your bets for this evening’s Fake or Fortune? episode at 9pm on BBC
On this popular #WW2 battlefield tour, you can trace the events following 6th June 1944, visiting the most iconic #DDay locations, landing beaches and more. Joined by a knowledgeable Specialist Guide, book soon to secure your place for this year >> ow.ly/vbTR50WkUxN
Finally put my thoughts together on 'Goodbye to All That', a memoir by WWI poet Robert Graves. If you like me, haven't read any World War I memoirs by soldiers on active duty back then, this is a good place to start. abstractaf.in/goodbye-to-all… #books #readingcommunity #writers
Air War Month starts this Saturday on @OldFrontLinePod with an introductory episode followed by interviews with @1940Andy & @Joshua_Levine followed by a special QnA & an Episode looking at what we find of the RFC/RAF on the battlefields today. [click on image for schedule!]
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Early start for @MrRobBell as he heads off for the 1st of his films on the #atlanticwall. Rob is going beyond presenting on this - you could call it a passion project. Be part of the growing story at history-makers.com😊🎥#WW2 #SecondWorldWar #NaziRegime
Our spring #battlefieldtours are the first to get underway each year, offering a fascinating, expertly guided way to begin your 2026 touring. With demand growing for these departures, book early from only £50pp low deposit >> ow.ly/NSkI50WqmQw
As ever, a joy to work with @sommecourt on the Mannock VC episode. My input aside 😉 it will be well worthwhile signing up to @OldFrontLinePod for Air War Month, starting this Saturday.
Air War Month starts this Saturday on @OldFrontLinePod with an introductory episode followed by interviews with @1940Andy & @Joshua_Levine followed by a special QnA & an Episode looking at what we find of the RFC/RAF on the battlefields today. [click on image for schedule!]
My good friend Dr Victoria Humphreys is giving a talk about her new book at Dorchester Library on 23 August. It’s free and you can sign up on @EventbriteUK: eventbrite.com/e/the-other-wa…

Another great weekend looking at the Secret War in #Paris in #WW2 with Dr Victoria Humphreys for @LegerBattleTour - from Resistance Memorials to SOE Safe Houses to the story of the #Holocaust.



Rome’s 1st emperor may have been powerful but he was also deeply superstitious. @DrJEBall explains how 1 ominous bolt ended his campaign in Spain & why Augustus only left the house when it drizzled. Sign up for the full chat history-makers.com #CaesarAugustus #romanconquest
There’s just one week left to take advantage of our low deposits from only £50pp. With nothing more to pay until a few weeks before you travel, book now to secure your preferred departure dates and itineraries >> ow.ly/rS8X50WkcyP
The Devonshires Held This Trench: the latest @OldFrontLinePod Video now on @YouTube: youtu.be/WOKVVBWy6C0?si…

In the latest @OldFrontLinePod we discuss schools battlefield tours, the Wiltshire Regiment in WW1, what sources we can find for the German side of the conflict and what British veterans thought of their German foe. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/07/12/que…
Back from a superb 5 day @LegerBattleTour Walking D-Day tour…. I love this tour so much, freedom to pick routes, stories, utilise the ground to hit home key points including the strategic importance. From the beaches of Sword and Omaha, walking the bocage in the US Airborne…
Questions & Answers Ep 33: in the latest @OldFrontLinePod we look at Stahlhelms on the Somme, how did Great War veterans feel about WW2, how were women who fell pregnant from British soldiers treated, and in the war cemeteries are we walking over graves? oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/07/05/que…