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The British Commission for Military History was founded in 1965 as the national branch of the International Commission for Military History. It serves as a forum for the discussion and promotion of military history in the broadest sense, without restriction as to period or region.

The Commission is at the forefront of academic debate over many aspects of military history including the centenary of the First World War. Through the British Journal for Military History, a pioneering Open Access, peer-reviewed journal and regular conferences, the BCMH delivers high quality scholarship in military history to an audience beyond academia.

Details of our Forthcoming Events can be found on our Events page

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ICMH List of History Conferences March 2021

Dear ICMH Leaders, Colleagues, Friends, and Military History Professionals,  Please find attached the quarterly upd
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3 April 2021
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Helion Conference, Armies & Enemies of Napoleon 17 April 2021

FROM REASON TO REVOLUTION CONFERENCE 2021 Saturday 17th April 2021 REGISTER INTEREST Helion and Company are proud to ann
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2 April 2021
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Armies, Napoleonic

Mercenaries and Crusaders, Conference 22-24 June 2022

Deadline 15 November 2021 CALL FOR PAPERS The Hungary in Medieval Europe Research Group at the Department of History, Un
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25 March 2021
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Crusades, Interdisciplinary, medieval, Mercenaries

Society of Military History Awards – Congratulations!

The Society of Military History (SMH) has just announced its Awards and Prizes for 2021. I am delighted to announce that
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25 March 2021
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National Army Museum Events

National Army Museum events What's On at the National Army Museum - Spring 2021. A range of Online Talks and Webinars. P
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20 March 2021
by Grainger, Andy
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BJMH, Vol 7 Issue 1

Please see the latest issue of the BJMH published on 18 March 2021. There is a wide variety of articles - something for
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19 March 2021
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America, Ancient, Australia, Boer, Command, Communications, Dogs, Honour, Identity, Levant, Logistics, medieval, Ottoman, Prussia, recruitment, Revenue, WW1, WW2
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The British Journal for Military History is a pioneering Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that brings high quality scholarship in military history to an audience beyond academia.

"The birth of the British Journal for Military History will be as welcome as it is long overdue.

The past few decades have seen the appearance of a new generation of military historians. Some have been serving or retired members of the Armed Forces; some academics or aspiring academics; and some - most welcome of all – amateurs who write for the sheer love of it. The continuing demand for their work is evidenced in every major bookshop, where ‘Military History’ shelves often take up as much space as does mere ‘History’. Even those whose primary interest is not military history as such now realise that a knowledge of the subject is necessary if they are to understand the past, to say nothing of the present. Military history is now too important to be left to the military historians.

For the past few years military historians have been able to communicate with each another at the annual meetings of the British Commission for Military History and through its publication Mars and Clio. Now the BJMH will make their work available to a far wider readership and should attract an increasing number of contributors. It will be not only British, and not only military historians who will wish it well."

Professor Sir Michael Howard

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