The presentation will be live and online.
This talk by Alan Wakefield examines the way in which the British Salonika Force (BSF) under Lt General Sir George Milne conducted operations in Greece and Serbia during the First World War. The focus is on the way in which local factors such as terrain, climate and the threat of disease combined with the BSF's internal weaknesses resulted in very different military experiences for British soldiers serving on the four main sectors of the British front in Macedonia.
Above: Bivouac camp of the 2/14th London Regiment (London Scottish) near Katerini, February 1917.
Image at top of page: A British patrol entering a village under cover of artillery fire during a small-scale operation typical of the Struma and Vardar sectors of the front in Macedonia.
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The talk will be undertaken using the 'Zoom' software which is freely available. It may not be necessary to load the software to your PC / iPad etc: but we would recommend doing so if you wish to participate in this event.