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In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War Book Launch at the Liszt Institute in London 30 June 2022

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On the evening of 30 June 2022, the 106th anniversary of the eve of the Battle of the Somme, members of The Western Front Association and others attended the UK book launch of Attila Szalay-Berzviczy’s first volume of In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War, from Sarajevo to Versailles at the Liszt Institute in London.  The event was co-hoste…


Ep.264 – 1917, The Darkest Year – Dr Spencer Jones

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Dr Spencer Jones talks about The Darkest Year, a collection of essays he edited on the British Army fighting on the Western Front in 1917 during the First World War. Your browser does not support the audio element. The Darkest Year covers: g…


ONLINE: 'Turning Points' with Dr Spencer Jones

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This presentation will be live and online Memory of the First World War is often defined by trench deadlock and an impression of perpetual stalemate. But this obscures the fact that there were several key turning points in the conflict which, had things gone differently, could have produced a very different war. This talk explores several of…