Global War Studies and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst are pleased to announce an international conference on the Second World War with 1944 as the core theme. This was a year of decision in many theaters with the Allies advancing to the borders of the Axis heartlands. It marked the climax of the Holocaust and witnessed the unprecedented displacement of peoples in Europe and Asia. Wartime industrial output reached its zenith and more than ever before the home front was on the front line.

The conference seeks to promote an interdisciplinary and international study of the period 1919-1945 by means of drawing upon the latest scholarship from a variety of disciplines. Papers dealing with one or more of the following topics are welcome and while 1944 is the focus, papers covering other periods or taking thematic approaches are equally encouraged.

Military Operations / Naval Warfare / Air Power / Intelligence The Holocaust / Alliance Politics / Economics / Homefront Neutral States / Theaters of War / Industry / Grand Strategy Mobilization / Displaced Persons / Prisoners of War Science & Technology / Resistance Movements

Paper proposals must be submitted by 15 March 2013 and include an abstract and a curriculum vitae. Panel proposals are welcome and should include a brief description of the panel’s theme.

Submissions and inquiries should be addressed to:

Robert von Maier (globalwarstudies@gmail.com)

and

Marcus Faulkner (marcus.s.faulkner@kcl.ac.uk) respectively.

The conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of Global War Studies.