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BCMH Members may be interested in the work of the REHS. The first webinar in their 2021 programme on 21 January concerns Engineer Intelligence and the "Pillbox Problem" faced by the BEF in 1917. REHS 2021 WEBINAR SERIES - JANUARY 2021WHY NOT START 2021 WITH THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR

This event was originally scheduled for July 2020.​​​ The years after 1918 did not, as popular myth would have it, bring about universal peace. In fact, the ‘war to end all wars’ accomplished little of the sort. In the aftermath of the First World War, the belligerents endured years o

The Royal Air Force Museum Conference 2021 16-17 September 2021. Note revised date. RAF Museum, London The Royal Air Force Museum is pleased to announce a call for papers for its conference on ‘New Thinking in Air Power’, which will be held on 16–17 September 2021. The deadline for su

Please find attached the quarterly update, dated 1 January 2021, of the ICMH Forthcoming Military History Conference listing kindly compiled by Dr Harold Raugh. The purpose of this listing is to provide you with information on future international conferences for your consideration of

The RRR’s ‘Transnationalism in the Long-Nineteenth Century’ Conference Timetable is now finalised and the tickets are live! The tickets are free, and all the details for the event are included in the Eventbrite pages here: Day 1: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transnationalism-in

Frank Baldwin has drawn my attention to the podcasts on his blog at Listening Posts | The Observation Post Listening Posts are podcasts about battlefield guiding, the stories of the guides. As guides we spend a lot of time collecting stories  about the past including the audio archive

Please find attached the December 2020 issue, #34, of the International Commission of Military History Newsletter. The purpose of the ICMH Newsletter is to provide a regular and tangible means of communications between all components of the International Commission of Military History

I have been notified of Aspects of History, a new website and magazine dedicated to history and historical fiction which may be of interest to members. Aspects of History publishes and promotes established and new authors alike - and the site should be of interest

Dave Zabecki, editor of this new book on Pershing and his commanders has announced that it has just been published by Osprey. He points out that Carlo d'Este, the distinguished American military historian who contributed the chapter on Patton has just passed away. I attach a link to a

The RAF Museum seeks proposals from postgraduate students, early-career and established researchers for our annual Research Lecture Programme. Lectures will be hosted online and (if circumstances permit) at sites in London, Cosford, Wolverhampton and Lancaster. The Museum’s 2021 Resea

Royal Engineers Historical Society 2020 WEBINAR SERIES“Captain George Landmann RE in the Peninsular War “with Dr Mark S Thompson On Monday 21st December at 7:30pm UK time in the final of our 2020 series, Mark will present on this charismatic Sapper Officer.  Often described as th

The National Army Museum has kindly invited BCMH members to their next series of talks for Members and Guests of the National Army Museum (NAM). The series commences on Thursday 17th December, 18:30 From the Sea, Freedom: The Falkland Conflict 1982.  Please see attachme