Winter 1915 / 1916 - The Hinge of the War
Study Day of the University of Wolverhampton's First World War Research Group
To book a place please email Dr Phylomena Badsey (p.badsey@wlv.ac.uk)
Places are allocated on a "first come, first served" basis.
Conference Fee: £ 20 (including tea and coffee)
Venue: University of Wolverhampton, MC Building, Room MC001 (Lecture Theatre), Wulfruna St, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK
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Programme:
10.00 Welcome and Introduction
10.15 Professor Dr. Gary Sheffield (Wolverhampton): Gallipoli and the Somme Compared
11.30 Coffee
12.00 Andy Robertshaw (Independent Scholar): The adaption of the BEF to the conditions of trench warfare 1915/16
01.15 Lunch
02.15 Professor Dr. William Philpott (Kings College London): Getting Their Act Together - Joffre and the Allied Offensive in Theory and Practice
03.30 Tea
04.00 Dr. David Jordan (Kings College London/DSD): Stretched to the point of no turning back - Winter 1915/16 and the Rise of British Airpower
05.15 Concluding Remarks
05.30 End of event
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Contact:
Dr. Phylomena H. Badsey MA
Project Manager
First World War Research Group
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Wolverhampton