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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…
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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…
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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.
Call for Papers! The Second World War Research Group is pleased to share the details for our upcoming annual conference. 'The Second World War: 80 Years On' 📍King's College London 📅 12-13 June 2025 Please share widely!
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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…
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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
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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) 👇
CALL FOR PAPERS: "'Demobbed': The Social, Cultural, Political, and Economic Legacies of Military Service" - examining the experiences of veterans in the post-service landscape, 30-31 May 2025. Details below 👇
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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…
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Very excited to be speaking at the Modern Britain seminar in Cambridge this Thursday. I’ll be discussing Mass-Observation’s 1942 Reconstruction survey, changing ideas of workers in wartime, and the implications (or not) for Labour. Do come along if you’re in town!
At the final Modern British History Seminar of the term, @relgoldsmith (Cambridge) will be presenting a paper entitled 'Class and vernacular politics in wartime Britain'. Join us on Thursday at 5pm in the Castlereagh Room, @stjohnscam.
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I am very happy to announce that my article 'Catholic Clergy of Italian Nationality in the British Middle East, 1939–1944' has been published as FirstView on The Journal of Ecclesiastical History | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3SiwSFZ
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Register now for our 1st panel discussion on new books in #sww #wwii on 10 November on @GHarward's Romania's Holy War with @BethanyWasik, @DuanaDumitru17, Ben Shepherd, Bastiaan Willems, and Vladimir Solonari. Moderated by Jadwiga Biskupska: shsu.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
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Following @BrianLaslie’s lead… repping #WomenDoMilitaryHistory (and @divafancypants fab ‘Academic Sass’ range) 💁🏻‍♀️ 💋
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To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we are offering our mailing list subscribers 50% off selected books including those by @Alan_Allport, @prior_robin & @DrHelenFry. More details here, some restrictions apply: yalebooks.co.uk/page/Yale50-… #MilitaryHistory #MilHist #Twitterstorians
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Some more market finds from yesterday. I certainly know how to sing along with some of these (private performances only 😇). Now if only they'd had 'Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition' our 'I Did What I Could With My Gas Mask'! 🎶 @SWWresearch
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Fancy working with us? Submission details can be found below 👇🏻 If any prospective authors are at #SMH2023 then reach out and let’s chat! /ends @SMH_Historians @smhcentre @HNetWar @SWWresearch
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