Programme of events
Members' Military History Lecture - Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives
12:45, 11 Oct 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
A lecture by Dr Peter Caddick-Adams TD PhD FRHistS, Lecturer in Military and Security Studies, UK Defence Academy. In his lecture, Dr Caddick-Adams will trace Montgomery and Rommel's lives from their provincial upbringings, through to them facing each other across the trenches in the First World War, and to North Africa and Europe in the second. He will compare their tactical talents and personalities in battle and explore their natural instinctive feel for combat.
Members' Military History Lecture - Operation ‘Torch’ and the Approaching Shipping Crisis, 1942
12:45, 8 Nov 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
A lecture by Dr Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones MBE PhD MA FRHistS FRSA, Historian, Naval Historical Branch, Ministry of Defence. Operation 'Torch', launched on 8 November 1942, was the most ambitious Allied amphibious landing yet attempted. In his lecture, Dr Llewellyn-Jones will assess how Britain was able to ensure sufficient imports to sustain her industry and population while, simultaneously, providing the military forces necessary to take the offensive to the enemy. He will focus specifically on the control of shipping, import and stock levels and measures to defeat the U-boat.