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New book 📖 ‼️ Rich in personal stories, this work is a tribute to @AustralianArmy PoWs in Italy in #WWII, some of whom became escapers, evaders & partisans in the fight against fascism.
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Bowled over by Jonathan Boff's review of COLLAPSE in this month's @Lit_Review! ‘Original and thought-provoking … Collapse represents an ambitious and scholarly achievement ... it sets a new standard for writing the history of warfare’.
A v good day!
literaryreview.co.uk/peoples…
Great to see the publication of Collapse, volume one of a new trilogy on the Second World War, by our very own @jonathanfennell
Book of the Week in @thetimes! 'Fennell marshals a host of original insights and judgments in a narrative of terrific verve ... a superb book' says Max Hastings.
The stuff of dreams!
thetimes.com/culture/books/a…
In collaboration with UNSW, we've a conference coming up in Canberra in February: 'The Greater Second World War and Modern Global Geopolitics'.
Call for papers below!
Come join us and get those applications in!!
swwresearch.com/post/call-fo…
@DSD_Kings @smhcentre @warstudies
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Calling all graduate/PhD students studying #ww2 #ww2 #wwii: we're featuring @lawlor_ruth Vojin Majstorovic Natalie Mendoza @43Wheeler @Cgzinsou and our grad fellows @LizGard02128121 & @Zane_Whitney_Jr on 12 February discussing their experiences. Register: shsu.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
We are delighted (and astonished) to have received more than 200 paper proposals for our conference! Many thanks to you all!
There is now one month left to get your paper abstracts in for 'The Second World War: 80 Years On', London, June 2025.
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Our next major conference has been announced! 12-13 June (possible evening event on 11 June tbc), at Bush House, King's College London. See the call for papers below in the tweet by our lead-organiser, Megan Hamilton.
Our next major conference has been announced! 12-13 June (possible evening event on 11 June tbc), at Bush House, King's College London. See the call for papers below in the tweet by our lead-organiser, Megan Hamilton.
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Thrilled to share that elements of my research on army training across the British Empire are featured in this exhibit!
Great to see academic research having public impact.
@ahrcpress @UKRI_News @I_W_M @CDPConnect
War and the Mind – our new, free exhibition at IWM London will be opening this Friday, 27 September.
The exhibition explores war's many psychological dimensions, from the First World War to the present day.
Read more: bit.ly/45VHYpj
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Prof. Andrew Stewart (@ww2hist) discusses the Lord Ironside Papers, which are now housed at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at KCL⬇️
#DYK 2024 is the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives’ 60th birthday?! 🎂
We’re celebrating every month by posting a blog all about items from our military collection, chosen by our staff. This month we look at Ironside's diaries leading up to WWII: blogs.kcl.ac.uk/kingscollect…
Anyone able to help out?
Anybody w/@SWWresearch know of a list of code names for WWII leaders? It'd help us out a lot!
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Getting stuck into this recent purchase from the @statelibrarynsw shop...
@kristenauthor @SWWresearch
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Hello history fans! My article about rural Scotland in the Second World War is now available open access - meaning anyone can read it😎
Features: conscientious objectors, POWs, volunteers, women (Land Army & Timber Corps), lumberjacks 🪚🪵👩🌾
Link here: bit.ly/3M4SAZS
SWWRG Vice-President @rjhammond215 has just been appointed Co-Editor of War in History. He joins Lance Blyth and fellow SWWRG Vice-President Kathryn Barbier as Co-Editors.
With some excitement (and trepidation) I have accepted the invitation of Sage Journals to serve as a co-Editor for War in History alongside Kathryn Barbier of Mississippi State University and Richard Hammond of the University of Brunel.
War in History is a peer reviewed journal that publishes articles on war in all its aspects: economic, social, political and military including the study of naval forces, maritime power and air forces, as well as more narrowly defined military matters with no restriction as to period.
Wish me luck!
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Announcing 'Demobbed', our conference on the experiences of military veterans after demobilisation, to be held 30-31 May 2025.
Submit your paper proposals to me (see below tweet for details) 👇
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I am delighted to say that my article on the real reasons for and process of the demise of the battleship in the post-1945 Royal Navy has been published... and it is open access.
doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htae0…
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How did the Second World War change rural Scotland? Did people take holidays during the war? What was the overall state of Scottish morale?
To find out, click the link below to hear me talk with Miranda from @NewBooksNetwork about my book
#History #WWII
megaphone.link/NBNK144885037…
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To commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on 6 June, @SWWresearch organised a panel unveiling insights on the Normandy Campaign.
Discover the role of the French Resistance, reframe naval efforts, and re-evaluate German strategies.
Watch here👇
youtube.com/watch?v=6j8INRFF…