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    RUSI - Guild of Battlefield Guides Event

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    09:45, 27 Jun 2008
    RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
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    About the event:

    This is the third collaboration between the Institute’s Military History Circle (MHC) and the Guild of Battlefield Guides (GBG).

    PROGRAMME

    0950 Registration and Morning Coffee

    1020 Introductory Remarks by John Hughes-Wilson, Associate Fellow, RUSI & President, Guild of Battlefield Guides

    1030 The Wehrmacht on D-Day
    Patrick Hinchy
    An intriguing insight into the realities of the situation on 6th June, 1944.

    1115 ‘The Longest Retreat’- Burma, 1942
    Graham Dunlop
    The defeat and the implications of the loss of Burma.

    1200 ‘Colossus to Varsity’
    John Greenacre
    The development of the British Airborne tactical doctrine in World War Two.

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    1245 Buffet Lunch

    1345 'Fields of Battle' – The Western Front, 1918-2008
    Mike St Maur Sheil
    A pictorial overview of the Western Front, 90 years after the Armistice.

    1430 'Out of Ammunition, God Save the King' - Battle for the Bridge at Arnhem, 1944
    Brian Shaw
    A presentation on the taking and defence of the northern end of the Bridge at Arnhem, 17-20 September, 1944.

    1515 Afternoon Tea and Coffee

    1535 The Pitfalls of Military Publishing
    Andrew Hayward & Ian Drury

    1620 Closing Remarks by Professor Richard Holmes, Patron, Guild of Battlefield Guides & Professor of Military and Security Studies, Cranfield University at Shrivenham

    1700 Conference Close

    The fee of £15.50 includes related documents, lunch and refreshments.

    For information on the Guild of Battlefield Guides please visit www.battleguides.org


     

    Event manager: Rachel Bowden, +44(0)20 7747 2648