The National Army Museum, the Western Front Association, and the British Commission for Military History invite you to the next instalment of their successful collaboration, a virtual conference, on the subject of the British Empire and Dominions at war, 1914-1919. The popular memory
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
Application Deadline: Tuesday 1st December 2020 The Western Front Association PhD Grant Scheme is offered to provide research scholars the opportunity to enrich their research so that it makes a new and definitive contribution to the knowledge of the First World War. The Western Front
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
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
Marking the 100 years since the end of World War One, Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One looks at how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/aftermath Art was used in many ways in the
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
DEFENCE-IN-DEPTH Research from the Defence Studies Department, King's College London Digital First World War Resources: Online Official Histories — The War on Land by Dr ROBERT T. FOLEY Digital First World War Resources: Online Official Histories — The War on Land