Western Front Association Annual Conference

The Western Front Association Annual Conference on the history of the Great War, 1914-1918, will be held at Boston University under the auspices of the International History Institute. Reservation requests must be received by Nov. 5 via email at IHI@bu.edu.

Program:

9 a.m. Gaetano (Guy) V. Cavallaro R.Ph., M.D.
INTRODUCTORY WORDS AND WELCOME

9:10 a.m. Karen Goodno
FORBIDDEN EXPERIENCES: WOMEN,WAR AND WRITING

10 a.m. J. F. Bessette, USAF (Ret.)
THE U.S. TWENTY-SEVENTH DIVISION UNDER BRITISH COMMAND

11 a.m. Maj. Terence Zuber, USA (Ret.)
INVENTING THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN

Noon Lunch in the School of Management building


1 p.m. Gaetano V. Cavallaro M.D.
TACTICS AT THE BATTLE OF CAPORETTO AND INFLUENCE ON SECOND WORLD WAR BATTLES

2 p.m. Michael McGuire
SANTA'S MANY HELPERS: AMERICAN NGOs, FRENCH REFUGEES AND CHRISTMAS IN DEVASTATED FRANCE 1917-1918

3 p.m. Don Darmos
EXCAVATING THE TUNNEL SYSTEM ON THE WESTERN FRONT

4:30 Reception at the School of Management

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