Women at War

What happens when you set a telenovela in First World War France?

This month Chris, Angus and Jessica review the Netflix limited series Les Combattantes (Women at War). Along the way we discuss untranslatable words, the relationship between war atrocities and propaganda, recreational drug use, and the excellent communication links of a small-town convent.

References

Women at war, (2022)

The Bonfire of Destiny, (2019)

RH Mottram, The Spanish Farm, (1924)

John Horne and Alan Kramer, German Atrocities, 1914: A history of denial (2001)

Lukasz Kamienski, Shooting Up: A history of drugs in warfare (2016)

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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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Is a Visiting Research Fellow at Leeds University. My current research focuses on manpower and authority in Britain, starting with the First World War and running through until the end of the Second World War.