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Follow my daily tweets and follow in the footsteps of my Gt Grandfather and other 315e RI soldiers 1914-1917 ⚔️ #frontlinefriday #315eRI

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France Lost Generation 🥀

During 1561 days France lost

-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot

"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch

#greatwar
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Only a week or so left for you to send in your speaker pitches! Some excellent ones so far, people really using their imaginations with the brief! ✍️ 🤓
Time is running out! Some brilliant pitches so far. Have you got a #WW1 story to tell? Get in touch before 23rd January!
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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On 25 September 1915

The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.

Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself

This film tells their story

youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
25th September 1915: The Deadliest Day in French Military History — A Regiment’s Story
YouTube video by 315e RI
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January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Indeed, please share the video around. On YouTube there are very few and the ones in the English language are terrible videos on 2nd champagne. Please view the video and like, to help YouTube push some actual researched history!
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Release due to rendering issues

On 25 September 1915

The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.

Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself

This film tells their story

youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
25th September 1915: The Deadliest Day in French Military History — A Regiment’s Story
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
25th September 1915 likely the deadliest day in French military history.

A film I made that follows one regiment: 315e RI

This is their story

youtu.be/aeqb1SOdIJ4?...
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
January 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Verdun & the Somme

Seen today and as they were during the First World War.

📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still

youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Verdun & the Somme — World War One Then and Now
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Verdun & the Somme

Seen today and as they were during the First World War.

📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still

youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Verdun & the Somme — World War One Then and Now
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Verdun & the Somme

Seen today and as they were during the First World War.

📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still

youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Verdun & the Somme — World War One Then and Now
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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We’re very excited about this at @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social HQ! This is OPEN TO ALL, regardless of your background, so no imposter syndrome, and please SHARE THE NEWS. If you have a story to tell, get in touch! You can interpret the theme any way you choose!
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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You can now sign up to our FREE newsletter. Don't worry, we won't bludgeon you. You'll receive ONE EMAIL A MONTH, and because we're nice, that will include a FREE WW1 ARTICLE from our archives! You can provide your email here: mailchi.mp/b78b7069aa5e...
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Little taste for what coming later today

📍Chateau de Tilloloy
📸Soldier in 1916 v today

Full video on my YouTube this evening
December 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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My Gt Grandfather Christmas night in the trenches in 1915 …

“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My Gt Grandfather Christmas night in the trenches in 1915 …

“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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New episode is out, Folks!

The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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New episode is out, Folks!

The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
22.12.15 #OTD

"It is 10pm, what we have been going through for 8 days is unbelievable, I am discouraged. All my comrades are sick. Work is hard, the men only obey by force, everyone has had enough. Excuse me if I'm writing badly, but I'm in a hole with no space to move ..."
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Brand New: Now & Then Video

📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes

▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Brand New: Now & Then Video

📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes

▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Like Then & Now videos?

Here are my top 3 videos below, enjoy!

French Sectors on the Western Front
▶️youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc

Verdun Forts & surrounding area
▶️youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU

Where soldiers fell: Then and Now
▶️youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10

New one come this Friday 👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Just passed 145,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯 Here are some of the most-watched videos👇 Locations to Visit on the Western Front ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8KM2… French Sectors: Then & Now ▶½� youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?siï¿si… Verdun: Then & Now ▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?si…
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just passed 145,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯 Here are some of the most-watched videos👇 Locations to Visit on the Western Front ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8KM2… French Sectors: Then & Now ▶½� youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?siï¿si… Verdun: Then & Now ▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?si…
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Let’s not forgot with Petain he was a colonel on the brink of retirement in Aug 1914, and less than 3 years later commander-in-chief of the French Army. However was not the talent some people hold him too, Shone best when not on the attack….
Verdun script was already written for him my de castelnau
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Verdun in 5 minutes.

Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.

300 days and 300 nights

Unimaginable cost and hardship

Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM