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SUMMARY:Courage Under Fire: The 2/5th Queen's Royal Regiment\, BEF: May 1940 - by Nigel Shearsmith
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Nigel Shearsmith\, guest speaker\, whose grandfather\, RSM Bacon\, fought in this action nr Abbeville almost exactly 86 years ago. \n\n\n\nNigel writes: “Join amateur historian Nigel Shearman for the dramatic story of how a territorial battalion from Guildford faced the might of Nazi Germany’s invasion of France. Poorly armed and minimal training\, these citizen-soldiers defended Abbeville against overwhelming odds. \n\n\n\nThrough rare photographs and personal accounts\, witness their desperate fighting withdrawal across the Somme. Despite catastrophic losses\, their spirit endured. \n\n\n\nA powerful testament to courage and survival during the darkest days of May 1940”. \n\n\n\nNigel is a retired telecommunications engineer with a lifelong passion for military history. While studying engineering at Liverpool University\, he joined the Officer Training Corps affiliated with the 5/8th Kings Regiment\, learning basic infantry skills. His career took him across Europe\, China\, India\, and North America\, where he spent his spare time exploring local military museums. \n\n\n\nThe growth of online resources reignited his passion through family history research. Focusing particularly on the Second World War\, his continuing studies challenge 1970s myths that British troops and equipment were inferior—always questioning: “if we weren’t that good\, how did we win?” He now re-enacts as a WW2 infantryman\, using his extensive small arms knowledge to demonstrate how period weapons functioned.  He is also a volunteer for Shoreham Fort.
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/courage-under-fire-the-2-5th-queens-royal-regiment-bef-may-1940-by-nigel-shearsmith/
LOCATION:Lewes Town Hall\, High Street\, Lewes\, East Sussex\, BN7 2QS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Storming Suez: Inside Operation Musketeer’ - by George Hoad
DESCRIPTION:A talk by George Hoad\, a local amateur historian. \nOperation Musketeer was the Anglo-French plan for the invasion of the Suez canal zone to capture the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis in 1956 and return it to Anglo-French control and operation. Israel\, which invaded the Sinai Peninsula\, had the additional objectives of opening the Straits of Tiran and halting Fedayeen incursions into Israel. The Anglo-French military operation was originally planned for early September\, but the necessity of coordination with Israel delayed it until early November. However\, on 10 September British and French politicians and Chiefs of the General Staff agreed to adopt General Charles Keightley’s alterations to the military plans with the intention of reducing Egyptian civilian casualties. The new plan\, renamed Musketeer Revise\, provided the basis of the actual Suez operation. \nGeorge writes: “The Suez Crisis was one of the defining moments of the 1950s. I take us behind Operation Musketeer\, the codename for the Anglo-Israeli invasion of Egypt”.
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/storming-suez-inside-operation-musketeer-by-george-hoad/
LOCATION:Lewes Town Hall\, High Street\, Lewes\, East Sussex\, BN7 2QS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Operation HUSKY: the largest amphibious invasion of the Second World War? - Graham Moore
DESCRIPTION:Up to June 1944\, Op Husky was certainly the largest amphibious invasion of WW2. Op HUSKY was the invasion of Sicily in July 1943 by the western Allies. Some historians contend that it was larger than Op OVERLORD but based on the number of divisions landed on Day and the size of the Landing Zone.
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/operation-husky-the-largest-amphibious-invasion-of-the-second-world-war-graham-moore/
LOCATION:Lewes Town Hall\, High Street\, Lewes\, East Sussex\, BN7 2QS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Camps of Seaford – The History and Archaeology of Army Training Camps in Seaford - Luke Barber
DESCRIPTION:Confirmed title and synopsis to follow. \nSeaford was an army training base before and during the First World War\, with two massive army camps north and south of the town. \n[Placeholder image]
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/the-camps-of-seaford-the-history-and-archaeology-of-army-training-camps-in-seaford-luke-barber/
LOCATION:Lewes Town Hall\, High Street\, Lewes\, East Sussex\, BN7 2QS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:The Battle of Dorking - Nick Cook
DESCRIPTION:TBC \nThe Battle of Dorking (1871) by George Tomkyns Chesney is one of the most influential works of early invasion literature—a vivid and unsettling fictional account of Britain’s sudden defeat by a technologically advanced European power. Written in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War\, it captured contemporary anxieties about national preparedness\, military reform and the vulnerability of even the most powerful empires. Presented as a retrospective narrative from an ordinary volunteer\, the work combines strategic speculation with human perspective\, offering a stark warning about complacency in matters of defence. \nThe book remains strikingly relevant: it reflects enduring questions about deterrence\, readiness\, and the relationship between technological change and national security—issues that continue to resonate in modern strategic thinking. More than a piece of speculative fiction\, The Battle of Dorking helped shape public debate in Victorian Britain\, influencing defence policy discussions and inspiring a genre that persists to this day.
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/the-battle-of-dorking-nick-cook/
LOCATION:Lewes Town Hall\, High Street\, Lewes\, East Sussex\, BN7 2QS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Title and synopsis to follow - Richard Shenton
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Richard Shenton. Title and synopsis to follow
URL:https://sussexmilitary.com/event/title-and-synopsis-to-follow-richard-shenton/
LOCATION:Lewes Town Hall\, High Street\, Lewes\, East Sussex\, BN7 2QS\, United Kingdom
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