Ascending the Learning Curve: The 32nd Division’s Experience in WW1
In this lecture, Stuart Mitchell aims to explore the mechanisms for divisional learning on the Western Front between 1916-1918 using one division (the 32nd) as a case study.
The 32nd Division has been selected as the example because it is representative of the national effort having a diverse recruiting base including Salford, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Glasgow, Dorsetshire, Argyll, Cumbria, Yorkshire and briefly Warwickshire.
The division also took part in a number of key battles: Somme (1916 and 1918), the withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, Nieuport, Third Ypres, the German Spring Offensives of 1918, and the successful Hundred Days.
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