As you know I am still working on getting season 9 to the staring blocks. The good news is that we will be kicking off on October 3 embarking on journey that will take us to  the council of Constance, the Hussite wars, the emergence of Burgundy and the rise of a completely new threat- the Ottoman empire. Everything changes as we leave the Middle Ages behind.Even after that season we will still be a long way away from the 20th century, And I know that many of you are very interested in this period, in particular in the first world war. One question I often get how Germany managed to hold out for so long against the combined forces of Britain, France and Russia. But help is at hand. I have mentioned the “Not so Quiet on the Western Front” podcast before and I must say Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones are doing a brilliant job at explaining the military history of the First World War. And they have just released the episode that deals with exactly this subject and a few others besides. I have listened to this episode twice already and I just find it incredibly illuminating. I hope you will too. The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by <a href="https://www.windrep.org/Michel_Rondeau" target="_blank">Michel Rondeau</a> under <a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_E-flat_major%2C_H.545_%28Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel%29" target="_blank">Common Creative Licence 3.0</a>.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/" target="_blank">www.historyofthegermans.com</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HOTGPod/" target="_blank">@HOTGPod </a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/germanshistory?lang=en" target="_blank">@germanshistory</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/history_of_the_germans/?hl=en-gb" target="_blank">history_of_the_germans</a>Reddit: u/historyofthegermansPatreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans</a>To make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. So far I have:<a href="https://podfollow.com/1737878874" target="_blank">The Ottonians</a> <a href="https://podfollow.com/1743543524" target="_blank">Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743545182" target="_blank">Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743549177" target="_blank">Frederick II Stupor Mundi</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743550597" target="_blank">Saxony and Eastward Expansion</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-hanseatic-league" target="_blank">The Hanseatic League</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/1719261540" target="_blank">The Teutonic Knights</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/1733632792" target="_blank">The Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356</a>

Germany at War - A Guest Episode from Not so Quiet on the Western Front