The Red Baron

How do you portray the most famous flying ace of the First World War?

This month we’re joined by Prof Ingrid Sharp (Leeds) to discuss Baron Manfred von Richtofen also known as ‘The Red Baron’. Along the way we examine the ways his myth evolved during the war, the ways he was appropriated by the Nazis, and the threat he posed to Snoopy.

If you would like to join Chris for the launch of his new book The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy, the event is on August 13, 2022 at 11AM PST / 1PM CST / 7PM BST. You can find the registration details here.

References

The Red Baron (2008)

Dresden (2006)

Valkyrie (2008)

Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Revenge of the Red Baron (1994)

Joyeux Noel (2005)

Red Baron (1990 video game)

John Buchan, Mr Standfast (1919)

WE Johns, Biggles

Chris Kempsall, The History and Politics of Star Wars (2022)

Manfred von Richthofen, Der rote Kampfflieger (1917)

Baroness Kunigunde von Richthofen, Mein Kriegstagebuch (1937)

Charles Schulz, Snoopy vs the Red Baron

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Professor of Modern British History at Leeds University. My research interests lie at the intersection of the histories of gender, particularly masculinity, medicine and warfare.

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A historian focusing on the First World War and popular representations of warfare. I received my PhD from the University of Sussex in 2013. My thesis examined relations between British and French soldiers during the First World War.

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A Postgraduate Researcher at Leeds University. My current research explores all the men who appeared before the North Riding Military Appeal Tribunal, 1916-18.