True Blue History - ANZAC DAY SPECIAL - Villers Bretonneux with Dr Aaron Pegram

Welcome to a very special episode with today’s guest, Dr Aaron Pegram as we talk about one of the Australians’ most significant military actions during the Great War

In early April 1918, the Australians and British had successfully defended the French village of Villers Bretonneux, only to have it lost later that month on 24 April.

With the German Spring Offensive still threatening to break through towards the crucial transport and communications centre of Amiens, two exhausted Australian Brigades rushed towards Villers Bretonneux that afternoon to not only stop the German advance, but to retake the town.

The significance of the pending anniversary was not lost on these Aussie troops as they fixed bayonets and waited in the darkness for the order to attack...

 

Presenter: Adam Blum

Guest: Dr Aaron Pegram

Editor: Kyle Watkins

Investigative Consultant: Adam Holloway

Academic Adviser: Margaret Strike