John Terraine

For many years, John Terraine was the outstanding English-speaking authority on the conduct of the war on the Western Front in 1914-18. He was a member of Council of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies from 1976 to 1984.

In 1980, he became the founding President, later Patron, of The Western Front Association, a role he held until 1998.

To read more on John Terraine:-

John Terraine's Obituary

WFA Presidential Addresses and Lectures

1980 The Inaugural Meeting of The WFA

1981 WFA AGM

1982 The Generals

1983 A Plea for Understanding

1984 Relearning the Lessons

1986 The True Texture of The Somme

1987 1917

1987 Germany 1917

1988 Field Marshal Haig

1988 Britain in the First World War

1989 The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945

1990 WFA AGM

1990 Mons 1914

1990 1940

1991 British Military Leadership in the First World War

1991 'Wully' Field Marshal Sir William Robertson

1991 Understanding

1992 Passchendaele

1993 The Final Offensive

1994 General Joffre

Other Articles

Purnell's History of the First World War

Webinars