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ONLINE: A Reappraisal of 1915 - a virtual conference

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The conference will be live and online. It will be held on Saturday 1 May and split into two sessions the first starting at 10am and running to approximately 12 noon, the second from 2pm to approximately 4pm. There will be new talks which examine how the BEF learned to deal with the challenges of an expanding war. The event is free, but if anyon…


ONLINE: The Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days: Two talks by Tim Cook and Bill Stewart

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The presentation will be live and online.  We are delighted that we will be able to bring you two talks - both on the Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days. In the first presentation, Dr Bill Stewart will bring us 'Tubes, Typewriters, Trucks and Training 1918: The Canadian Corps' Advantages' Bill will examine the multiple ways in which the Cana…


ONLINE: Official History Gone Wrong: Failure on 2 September 1918 and the Flawed Canadian Official History with Dr Bill Stewart

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The presentation will be live and online.  At 8:00 a.m. on 2 September 1918, the troops of the 4th Canadian Division, after breaking the Drocourt-Quéant line, advanced over Mont Dury into furious, accurate, and devastating German fire. They faced this fierce resistance unsupported by an artillery barrage that the Canadian high command suspended to…