27 - Fire on the Western Front: Flamethrowers, Trench Warfare, and the Canadian Experience
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27 - Fire on the Western Front: Flamethrowers, Trench Warfare, and the Canadian Experience
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On July 30th, 1915, at a ruined château called Hooge, the German Army turned flamethrowers on British troops for the first time. Within minutes, a battalion broke. Not from shells or gas: from fire.
In Episode 27, we trace the full arc of the flamethrower in the First World War — from Hooge to the mud of Passchendaele and the German Spring Offensive of 1918. At the centre of the story is the Canadian Corps, which faced German flamethrower teams in some of the most brutal engagements of the war, and had to learn fast how to fight back.
It's a story about a weapon. But more than that, it's a story about adaptation, primal fear, and how even the most terrifying technology eventually meets its ceiling.
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