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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

The British Commission for Military History also maintains an active social media presence and can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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Call for Papers – Women in the Second World War

Call for Papers for a Special Edition of the The International Journal of Military History and Historiography. The Inter
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27 January 2018
by Grainger, Andy
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Second World War, Women, WW2

Call for Papers, European Initiative on Security Studies

The 2nd annual conference of the European Initiative on Security Studies (EISS) will be held in Paris on 21-22 June 2018
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24 January 2018
by Grainger, Andy
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Europe, Security

Conference in Barcelona: Women at War and in the Military

The Spanish Association of Military History (ASEHISMI) is holding its Fifth International Conference in Barcelona betwee
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16 January 2018
by Grainger, Andy
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Military, Spain, War, Women

Wallace Collection – The Knight in Art

The Wallace Collection Mondays 29 January, 5, 12 and 19 February This four-week course taught by Curator of Arms and Arm
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6 January 2018
by Grainger, Andy
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Art, horse, Knight, masculinity, medieval, warrior

Digital First World War Resources: Online Official Histories — The War on Land by Dr ROBERT T. FOLEY

DEFENCE-IN-DEPTH Research from the Defence Studies Department, King's College London Digital First World War Resources:
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6 January 2018
by Grainger, Andy
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Digital, First World War, Official

Defence Studies Talk Series, Prince Consort’s Library Aldershot

BCMH Member Paul Barnes has instituted a series of talks, twice monthly at the Prince Consort's Library in Aldershot at
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14 December 2017
by Grainger, Andy
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Aldershot, Army, Defence, Prince Consort's Library, Talks
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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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BCMH Upcoming Events

  1. Three Minute Military Thesis (TMMT) 24th March 2021

    24 March @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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