Centre for War Studies Public Programme The Summer Day School Saturday, 23 June 2012 The Military Lessons of the Great War 1918-40 The final years of the Great War saw a radical change in the conduct of warfare. This Day School will examine how well the lessons of the Western Front were learnt over the [...]
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Centre for War Studies Summer Day School – The Military Lessons of the Great War 1918-40
Posted in Events, First World War, Inter-War Period, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Basil Liddell Hart, Battle of France, British Armed Forces, British Army, Day School, Dr John Bourne, Dr Jonathan Boff, Dr Peter Lieb, First World War, J F C Fuller, Second World War, University of Birmingham, War Studies on June 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Call for Papers – Indian Armies
Posted in Call for Papers, Conferences, First World War, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged British Army, British Empire, British Indian Army, Call for Papers, Conferences, India on May 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
British Commission for Military History Summer Conference 2012 Call for Papers Indian Armies 20-22 July 2012 The British Commission for Military History’s 2012 summer conference will take place at Keble College, Oxford, from 20–22 July 2012. Proposals are invited from established scholars and doctoral researchers for papers of 20 minutes (c.200 words) on subjects related [...]
TOC – Labour History Review, Vol. 77, No. 1
Posted in Air Power History, Journals, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Air Power History, Battle of the Ruhr, Labour History Review, RAF Bomber Command, Richard Overy, Royal Air Force, Strategic Bombing, Table of Contents on May 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is an example of keeping an eye on journals that we may not necessarily look at. I would not normally have looked at Labour History Review because my research interests have meant I have never chosen to peruse its pages. However, on Thursday while have a quick look at new journals in the library [...]
Book Review – Intelligence and Anglo-American Air Support in World War Two: The Western Desert and Tunisia, 1940-43
Posted in Air Power History, Book Review, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Arthur Coningham, Book Review, Brad Gladman, Close air support, Desert Air Force, Intelligence, Royal Air Force, Second Battle of El Alamein, US Army Air Force on May 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Brad Gladman, Intelligence and Anglo-American Air Support in World War Two: The Western Desert and Tunisia, 1940-43. London: Palgrave, 2009. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cloth. pp. 252 Brad Gladman’s work represents an important addition to the historiography of tactical air power development in both the Royal Air Force and the US Army Air Force. His [...]
Book Review – The Pendulum of War
Posted in Book Review, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Battle of Gazala, Claude Auchinleck, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, North African Campaign, Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein, Second Battle of El Alamein, Western Desert Air Force on May 8, 2012 | 2 Comments »
[Cross posted from Thoughts on Military History] Niall Barr, Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein. London: Pimilico, 2005. 576pp. Illustrations, Maps, Notes, Index. £10.99 (pbk) The Battle of El Alamein is hotly contested ground, not just between the protagonists themselves but also by the many authors who have tried to describe and [...]
Book Review – Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship
Posted in Book Review, Military History, Naval History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Battle of the Denmark Straits, Force H, HMS Hood, KMS Bismarck, Kriegsmarine, Royal Navy on March 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Niklas Zetterling and Michael Tamelander, Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship. Newbury: Casemate, 2009. 319pp, Illustrations, Maps, Notes, Index, £19.99 (Hbk) Reviewed by Ross Mahoney, PhD Candidate, Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham The story of the KMS Bismarck has all the hallmarks of a Greek tragedy. The Bismarck was the centrepiece [...]
Call for Papers – Revisiting Churchill’s Army: New Directions in the Study of the British Army in the Second World War
Posted in Call for Papers, Conferences, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged British Army, Call for Papers, Conferences, Dan Todman, Gary Sheffield, University of Birmingham, War Studies on March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Revisiting Churchill’s Army: New Directions in the Study of the British Army in the Second World War A Symposium to be held at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham Friday 14 September 2012 1942 saw the British Army at its worst and at its best, with triumph at El Alamein following close upon [...]
War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Dr Jonathan Fennell
Posted in Events, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Centre for War Studies, Dr Jonathan Fennell, Eighth Army, King's College London, Morale and Motivation, Second World War, University of Birmingham, War Studies Seminar on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is: Dr Jonathan Fennell (King’s College London) “We are ready NOW”: The Eighth Army and the War in North Africa, 1940-42 The event will be on 28 February 2012. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture [...]
Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Ross Mahoney
Posted in Air Power, Events, Leadership and Command, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Battle of Britain, Centre for War Studies, Command, Leadership, Ross Mahoney, Second World War, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, War Studies Seminar on December 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is an Air Power Seminar and is being given by: Ross Mahoney (University of Birmingham) ‘Leadership Effectivness: Understanding a Key Metric of Operational Military History – The Case of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory‘ The event will be [...]
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