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ONLINE: ‘Big Hands, Little Maps’: Operational Art and its genesis on the Western Front
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The presentation will be live and online. Prior to 1914 there were generally considered to be only two levels of war: Strategy and Tactics. The former tended to be the role of a 'supreme leader' and his council or of a national government whilst the latter was executed by commanders of armies in the field. Lieutenant Colonel Simon Shephard wil...
‘Gunners definitely, but not necessarily Arsenal fans’: The Field Artillery Brigades of the Four London Territorial Force (TF) Divisions 1914-1918’ a talk by Simon Shepard
As war broke out in 1914 several of the artillery bridges of the London TF Divisions were on their way to their annual summer training camps, borrowing horses and guns as they went. Many were undermanned but several had men with prior war experience to lead them. London provided four TF divisions, drawn from across the city. Simplistically, thi...