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Richard DiNardo has written extensively on the German military in WWI. He recently released a book about the eastern Front in 1915. We spoke about the book, the events of the Eastern Front, the research involved and more.
0:36 – Richard talks about how he got into researching WWI.
3:10 – Richard talks about why he wrote about the year 1915.
4:37 – Richard talks about how he breaks the book down.
5:50 – Richard talks about Russian planning in 1915 and the makeup of the Russian army.
8:46 – Richard talks about trench warfare in the Eastern front.
9:32 – Richard talks about the use of aircraft and poison gas in the Eastern front.
13:12 – Richard talks about the Russian air force.
14:05 – Richard talks about the eastern front terrain and weather.
16:55 – Richard talks about the summer weather during the fighting.
17:54 – Richard talks about supply issues in 1915.
19:22 – Richard talks about capture of rail systems.
20:26 – Richard talks about civilian labor.
22:21 – Richard talks about motor transport.
23:15 – Richard talks about movement of troops.
24:29 – Richard talks about naval issues.
25:42 – Richard talks about waterways and rivers.
27:08 – Richard talks about the archives he used. He talks about an online resource which can be found by googling “German documents in Russia.”
33:19 – Richard talks about a WWI tour company.
33:44 – Richard talks about some amusing incidents about the war.
35:30 – Richard talks about interesting changes in the Russian military in 1915.
41:00 – Richard talks about the Posen conference of July 2, 1915.
43:03 – Richard talks about Robert Kosch and odd pictures of him.
46:27 – Richard talks about the relationship between German commanders and chiefs of staff.
51:40 – Richard talks about the effects of other fronts on Eastern front.
59:40 – Richard’s work can be found at Amazon.
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Guests: Richard DiNardo
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