I was privileged to deliver this year’s Wellington Lecture at the University of Southampton, and here’s the text of the lecture: Introduction Some time in the summer of 1945 Captain Alf Smith, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, staff officer 21st Army Group, Brussels HQ, spent a day south of the city sightseeing. He toured the battlefield at …
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Adrian Smith, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Southampton
