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The Siege of Fortress Przemyśl, 1914 has now been published on the WFA's YouTube channel >>>

 

 

 

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And from Canada, Tim Cook on the 'Secret History of Soldiers' 

 

 

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This is not a 'zoom' lecture but a 'real' one recorded last year. Gordon Corrigan on top form at a WFA branch meeting>>>

 

 

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Here's a webinar entitled 'General Sir John Monash as a Military Commander'. Thanks to Paul Cobb for contributing this.

 

 

 

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The war on the home front is covered in the following webinar by Andrew Rawson "Tea Pots to Tin Lids"

 

 

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In this webinar, Martin Purdy talks about Prosthetics and Poverty: Disabled servicemen and their families after the war

 

 

 

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This presentation is about the Indian Labour Corps in WW1

 

 

 

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Just before lockdown number 1, the presentation by Luci Gosling was 'captured' and this is now available. 

 

For the first half of the 20th Century, Fortunino Matania drew many iconic moments, including the sinking of the Titanic, for the popular illustrated magazine 'The Sphere'. Between 1914 and 1918 he produced weekly paintings which recorded - in breathtaking detail - aspects of the war. His famous picture 'Goodbye, Old Man' became one of the most emotive image of the war. In order to produce these illustrations he visited the front line, putting himself in danger to gather accurate material. In this talk Luci Gosling shares numerous anecdotes of his time in the front line as a 'special' artist.

 

 

 

All images courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library www.maryevans.com

 

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The webinar shown here which is about Talbot House in Pop has just been published 

 

 

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The excellent Gordon Corrigan's presentation about the USA in WW1 has just been published. Click on the link below to view this. 

 

 

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Bill Mitchinson's presentation entitled "The 48th (South Midland): A very ordinary division?" is now published on youtube. 

 

 

 

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Thanks for posting these, I thoroughly enjoy them.

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11 minutes ago, lostinspace said:

Thanks for posting these, I thoroughly enjoy them.

Thanks. Glad to hear this. 

 

Cheers

 

David

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Just published, "The German Corpse Factory: The Greatest Wartime Propaganda Story" by Stephen Badsey

 

 

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And this by Prof Gary Sheffield "The Morale and Discipline of British and Anzac troops at Gallipoli"

 

 

 

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The ever popular Prof Mark Connelly's presentation on the work of the Imperial War Graves Commission 1917-1939

 

 

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5 minutes ago, kenf48 said:

David, may  I echo the thanks for posting these webinars on the GWF

No trouble. Only pleased to be able to bring these to as wide an audience as possible. The WFA's webinars are so successful that the zoom capacity (for the 'live' events) are often reached.  

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Now published: From limited war to total war by Prof Sir Hew Strachan

 

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And Prof Gary Sheffield talking about Gas Warfare

 

 

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In this presentation Andrea Hetherington talks about the war widows and how they were treated after World War 1. War widows were invited to the ceremonies at Westminster Abbey and the Cenotaph on the occasion of the Unveiling of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior on 11 November 1920, the first time they had been given official recognition at a national post war commemoration. But what does this reveal about the place of Britain’s Great War widows in remembrance culture?

 

 

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Chris Pugsley, on a webinar from New Zealand talking about 'Haig and his Dominion Commanders'

 

 

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Here's a new video. Not a webinar this time. Staffordshire’s Territorials and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line

 

 

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Paul Knight 'Lessons from the Mud'...The 55th (West Lancashire) Division participated in two battles during the Third Battle of Ypres on 31 July and 20 September, 1917. The division’s commander, Major-General Jeudwine requested ‘After Action Reports’ from both attacks. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only such collection to have survived. Written within four days of leaving the trenches, this is a unique set of first hand accounts from Commanding Officers to Private soldiers and offers an unparalleled insight into 'Passchendaele'. In this talk, Paul sheds light on this division's experience of this monumental battle.

 

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Talking to us from Canada was Bill Stewart "The Centre Cannot Hold: Arras 1918 & the Failure of German Counterattack Doctrine".

 

In this presentation, which was delivered 'live' to an online audience Dr Bill Stewart, talks about the German defensive doctrine in 1917-1918. The centrepiece of this doctrine was that of the counterattack allied with a flexible defence-in-depth to frustrate Allied attacks. The Germans could deliver punishing counter blows that violently overthrew Allied advances. This presentation examines four case studies of German multi-battalion counterattacks in 1917 and 1918 at Arras based on Canadian and German records. The presentation will explain why, despite favourable circumstances, these counterattack in 1918 failed unlike 1917.

 

 

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