Winter 1915 / 1916 - The Hinge of the War

Datum: 
Samstag, 5. Dezember 2015
Ort: 
Wolverhampton

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

P.Badsey@wlv.ac.uk