21 - 27 June 2027 - Broad Chalke, Salisbury

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Conflict

Second World War

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams is a writer and broadcaster who specialises in military history, defence and security issues. He previously lectured in Military and Security Studies at the UK Defence Academy for twenty years, and in Air Power for the Royal Air Force. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Geographical Society, he also spent thirty-five years as an officer in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces, and has extensive experience of various war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. His books include Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives, Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell, Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944-5, Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day and 1945: Victory in the West.

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