Having just returned from a Tour of the First Battle of the Marne I am writing a brief note about the works of the French soldier and historian, Michel Goya https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Goya . I am most grateful to Tim Gale (French Tanks of the Great War) https://www.waterston

Member Hugh Davie's interests particularly lie in the realm of logistics. See his blog https://www.hgwdavie.com/ One this occasion however, he has offered those of us encircled in the Covid Kessel an opportunity to examine an operation at the Battle of Kursk with particlar reference t

One of the plus points of the lockdown is that we perhaps have a little more time to read.  At present I am much enjoying Bob Lynam's Slim, Master of War: Burma and the Birth of Modern Warfare, 2005.  Any work on Slim will draw on his Defeat Into Victory and as I r

Zorndorf 1758: Prussian War-making at the Mid-Point of the Seven Years’ War by Adam Storring In the last update I referred to Adam Storring winning the ICMH Corvisier Prize in 2019 and the paper he delivered to our Summer Conference in 2013.  The paper appeared in Mars & Clio No.3

The Napoleonic Wars website and Forum   https://www.thenapoleonicwars.net/ Journal Romance, Revolution and Reform, Issue 1 published on 11 April 2019 If you have any questions about the Journal please contact rrr@soton.ac.uk  

This  is a remarkable project and website documenting the geographical distribution of UK citizens who died in the Great War. The map is here: A Street Near You When searching, insert the relevant postcode and then press the Enter key. Clicking on the search icon (the magnifying glass

This is a comprehensive treatment of the subject by Dick Tennant looking at the cartography of French, Portuguese and British cartographers.   Maps in the Peninsular War   

From Professor Beatrice Heuser: May I draw attention to our new publication?  I hope it will put research into military exercises more firmly on the agenda for IR and Strategic Studies. As attachment, but also freely downloadable at: http://www.ndc.nato.int/download/downloads.php?icod

The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR) is a 'think-tank', established on behalf of the British Army, to help to strengthen the conceptual component of fighting power and to offer independent and objective views to inform future force development. It is design

An article by Dick Tennant about a fundamental aspect of logistics from ancient times and still very relevant in the Napoleonic period - and beyond.... Wellington's Mules     Picture credit http://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/1705-two-centuries-of-smuggling-la-cosa.html