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SUMMARY:Home Front Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Amberley Meuseum are running another action-packed Home Front weekend on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May. This event is full of fascinating displays\, talks and demonstrations by a wide range of World War II re-enactment groups\, historic vehicle owners and demonstrators. \nThis year\, visitors will again get the chance to visit the American army encampment on the field\, adding even more to the event\, alongside displays of 1940s daily life\, fashion and music. They are looking forward to the return of the ever-popular Wartime Fire Station display and and displays of a wide variety of military vehicles from the 1940s onwards. \nVisitors won’t want to miss the chance to enjoy expert demonstrations of an RAF Ops Room in the Hayloft. While their very own 1930s-era bus and\, Peter\, a 1918 steam locomotive\, will give the opportunity to explore all the action across the site in style. \nBook your tickets below for this special event weekend by visiting their website and see Amberley transformed into a hive of historic activity!
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/home-front-weekend/
LOCATION:Amberley Museum\, New Barn Road\, Amberley\, near Arundel\, West Sussex\, BN18 9LT\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:A Hazardous Experiment: Indian Soliders\, British Doubts And The Truth About The Western Front
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Shoreham Fort: This month’s Tin Hut Talk guest speaker is Karen Leenders\, with her fascinating talk on ‘A Hazardous Experiment’ Indian Soldiers\, British Doubts and the Truth About the Western Front… \nWere Indian troops capable of fighting in France? In 1914\, the British military had serious doubts. This talk reveals why those fears were unfounded—and tells the remarkable story of how wounded Indian soldiers changed British minds when they arrived at Brighton’s hospitals. \nDrawing on her PhD research\, Karen Leenders challenges a century of myths about the Indian Corps on the Western Front. From the trenches to the hospital wards\, she uncovers how Indian soldiers not only proved their worth in combat but transformed civilian attitudes back home. \nThis is where military history meets social history—the story of a “hazardous experiment” that succeeded against all expectations.
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/a-hazardous-experiment-indian-soliders-british-doubts-and-the-truth-about-the-western-front/
LOCATION:Shoreham Fort\, Forthaven\, Shoreham-by-Sea\, BN43 5HY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Non-SMHS Event,Tin Hut Talk
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