The South African
Military History Society

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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereniging

Archive of selected lectures

Johannesburg
Subject	Speaker	Where & when
Flying Bombs	Colin Dean	Johannesburg December 2005
Three Battles of Gaza 1917	Avram Pelunsky	Johannesburg February 2006 - curtain raiser
Italian participation in the Anglo-Boer War	Mario Lupini	Johannesburg February 2006 - main lecture
Antietam - the civil war's bloodiest day	Robin Smith	Johannesburg March 2006
Bridge on River Kwai	Bob Smith	Johannesburg May 2006
POW camps in the UK in WWII	Colin Dean	Johannesburg June 2006
Henry V and Joan of Arc	Martin Ayres	Johannesburg July 2006
From wooden walls to Dreadnoughts: gun, armour, ram or torpedo?	Captain Ivor Little	Johannesburg August 2006
Oranje Vrijstaat Artillerie Corps	M C Heunis	Johannesburg August 2006 curtain-raiser
Some Arctic activities: Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett	John Parkinson	Johannesburg September 2006 curtain-raiser
The Natal Volunteers	Terry Willson	Johannesburg December 2006 curtain-raiser
Seven Battles that shaped SA	David Williams	Johannesburg March 2007 curtain-raiser
The "San Boats" - Eagle Oil at War	Ivor Little	Johannesburg August 2007 curtain-raiser
Edward Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria	John Cramp	Johannesburg September 2007 curtain-raiser
1066 - a year that changed England forever	Martin Ayres	Johannesburg October2007 - curtain-raiser
The Battle of the River Plate	Roslyn Peter	Johannesburg November 2007 curtain-raiser
Captain Robert Nairac GC	John S Murray	Johannesburg December 2007 curtain-raiser
The Basuto Wars 1820-1881	Col James Jacobs	Johannesburg December 2007 - main lecture
Shiloh - the emergence of Grant	Robin Smith	Johannesburg March 2008 - main lecture
The Suez Canal 1956	Alan Mantle	Johannesburg June 2008 - main lecture
Four Exceptional Women of the Boer War	Felicia Fourie	Johannesburg July 2008 - curtain raiser
The Aftermath of the Anglo Boer War	Ken Gillings	Johannesburg July 2008 - main lecture
The Royal Marines by Land by Sea	John S Murray	Johannesburg October 2008 - main lecture
Thermopylae & Salamis 480 BC	Ann Bourdin	Johannesburg September 2009 - curtain raiser
World War One	Paul Kilmartin	Johannesburg November 2009 - main lecture
Leonardo's War Machines	Alan Mantle	Johannesburg February 2010 - main lecture
Italian POWs in WWII	Emilio Coccia	Johannesburg May 2010 - curtain raiser
Italian POWs in WWII	Hamish Paterson	Johannesburg June 2010 - curtain raiser

Durban
Subject	Speaker	Where & when
From Normandy to Eagle's Nest	Charles Whiteing	KZN 2006