Kids & Family
With special guest: Dr Will Davies… in conversation with Bill Kable In a very unusual year for commemorations of any sort we had the opportunity to speak with historian Dr Will Davies on the 102nd anniversary of peace being declared at the end of the First World War. Will is always great to speak to because he knows the human side of that conflict and tells the real stories behind the history to bring it alive. We start by going back to March 1918 when the outcome of the war was far from certain. The Germans had launched a spring offensive which they hoped would lead to victory. However the Allied forces prevailed and a big part of that was the heroic action taken by the Australian diggers. Any Australian visitor to the battlefields of France even today will still feel the gratitude of the French people for having the Australians on their side. Podcast (mp3)