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The Development of the British Army

By Professor Bruce Collins, published 15th December 2021
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In this podcast, Professor Bruce Collins looks at the development of the British army during the French Wars and the nineteenth century.

1. The British Army at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars
2. Challenges and changes for the British army
3. Training and discipline in the British army
4. Supplying and subsidising campaigns
5. The development of the British army after Waterloo
6. Radical reforms after the Crimean War
7. The Haldane reforms of 1906-12
8. Differences between 19th and 20th century army barracks
9. Was Wellington or Napoleon the better commander?
10. What accounted for Napoleon's early successes?
11. Waterloo vs. the Somme


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