IWM History Group

This event will take the form of a panel discussion and will be chaired by Dr Bryn Hammond (IWM). A panel of experts (including the authors Professor Gary Sheffield, Dr Andy Simpson, Dr Simon Robbins (IWM) and Peter Hart (the IWM Oral Historian)) will discuss the 1916 Battle of the Somme, providing insights into how their work has shed new light on the realities of the conduct of war on the Western Front.