A choice of five very different but fascinating talks on some of the most important battles of recent history. Each of them avoids being merely a recitation of events, but instead, they take you behind the scenes and introduce you to the personalities; behind the events to show you the imperatives that drove the commanders to do what they did; and behind the victor's glorious 'history' to show you the crucial importance of the inadvertant cock-up in deciding great battles!
Three Naval Battles: Trafalgar, Jutland & Midway
The Waterloo Campaign: The four days prior to the battle
The Battle of Waterloo
How the Germans Lost WWI in the First Six Weeks
The Battle of Three Emperors
Contact: david at davpat dot co dot uk
It was good to meet you yesterday, I did (as I expected) enjoy the Talk & would be interested to attend others if you are speaking local(ish) to Bristol.
As I think I mentioned, I'm an assiduous (& very sad) reader of blogs. The tsunami of info that has washed over us recently - I'm thinking now of NI in particular - is really quite astonishing. One blog in particular has been very much on the money recently, I commend it to the House of Duff !
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/
Oh yes, many thanks for the pint !
Kind regards
David
Posted by: david morris | Wednesday, 13 July 2011 at 21:30
David, thanks for coming and it was good meeting you, too. If I'm 'performing' anywhere near the Bristol area I'll let you know.
Thanks for the link which I have bookmarked for regular reading.
Hope to meet up with you again soon,
Best,
David
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 13 July 2011 at 22:11