Stalingrad: The Defence of the Factories

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

This will be a repeat of the event held on 23 and 24 September 2023 in which we study the assault on the Tractor and Barrikady Factories. Please contact Philip Marshall on 07946 041733 if you would like to attend.

1812 Week

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA will be hosting a sequence of talks, exhibitions and simulations of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the largest and most ambitious campaign in his reign as Emperor. Further details of the individual talks will follow. Please contact Philip Marshall on 07946 041733 or through the website contact page if you would like […]

The Logistics and Attrition of the Grande Armée in the 1812 Russian Campaign

As part of our sequence of talks on Napoleon's Invasion of Russia in 1812, the NHSA are extremely pleased to welcome Dr Stephen Summerfield as our first speaker. Stephen has written extensively on the Napoleonic period with lavishly illustrated works on the artillery, flags, organisation, tactics, and uniforms of the Austrian, British, French, Prussian, Russian, Spanish […]

The Battle of Borodino: New Perspectives

As part of its 1812Week the NHSA is delighted to welcome back Rohan Saravanamuttu, as our speaker for a talk on the great battle of Borodino. Rohan graduated with distinction from the Department of War Studies, Kings College, London and taught as an assistant to Professor Philip Sabin. He is a contributor to “The Encyclopaedia of […]

The Challenges faced by Russia’s High Command in the 1812 Campaign

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

As part of the NHSA week of talks, exhibitions and tabletop simulations in which we study the momentous campaign of 1812 - the invasion of Russia by the largest army Napoleon ever commanded, we are once again honoured and privileged to welcome Professor Alexander Mikaberidze as one of our speakers.  Alexander Mikaberidze is Professor of History […]

The Battle of Pavia – Culimination of the Italian Wars

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA is delighted to welcome Charles Singleton as our speaker for an event in which we study the battle of Pavia of 1525, arguably the decisive battle of the Renaissance Italian Wars. Charles was the editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History and is the author of several books on early modern warfare […]