In the tables, below, are listed the Learning Resources that are currently available, together with those which are in course of development.

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1 Almost uniquely in this field, Crossfield Ward Associates Limited offers its clients full colour, hard-copy Learning Resources to support its range of lectures and battlefield tours. The detailed research that underpins these documents ensures that they offer a balanced, 21 st Century view of the conflicts of the past three hundred years. During battlefield tours, Learning Resources will be issued as required to support the activities on the ground but please note that, for any specific tour, a selection of hand-outs only will be issued [not all of them]. For lectures, members of the audience will usually be provided with a specific hand-out related to the lecture topic [or, where appropriate, a short series of hand-outs]. The cost of Learning Resources will normally be amortised in the price quoted for a particular lecture or tour. However, please note that, for large audiences, this cost may be significantly reduced if the client is willing to make available the necessary colour photocopying facilities to enable the required number of copies to be produced. CWAL is happy to discuss this on a case-by-case basis. Notwithstanding the above, please note that all CWAL Learning Resources are copyright material and are the intellectual property of Crossfield Ward Associates Limited. Other than in the specific circumstances described above, CWAL Learning Resources may not be displayed online, copied or reproduced in any manner without the prior written permission of Crossfield Ward Associates Limited. In the tables, below, are listed the Learning Resources that are currently available, together with those which are in course of development. Great War Learning Resources Origins of the First World War G001 6 The legacy of the Napoleonic Wars; political change in Europe and further afield; the rise of Germany and the arms race with Britain. Opening moves of the First World War on the Western Front G002 6 The Schlieffen Plan in theory & practice; the Battle of the Marne; the Race to the Sea' and the start of trench warfare. British manpower G British recruitment and manpower utilisation The armies on the Western Front G004 8 Relative sizes and capabilities of the armies on the Western Front. The structure of British Army units in World War One Military life on the G005 8 Numbers in and command and control of a Section, Platoon, Company, Battalion, Brigade, Division, Corps and Army. G006 6 The life of the average Tommy or officer: training; going 'up the Line'; duty in the trenches; 'resting'; recreation & leave. cwal_learning_resources_v1.docx Page 1 of 7

2 RAMC chain of evacuation Infantry & their weapons on the Western Front Artillery on the Western Aviation on the Western Armour on the Western Chemical warfare on the War underground on the Logistics on the Western Women on the Western Front Military discipline The End of World War One The occupation of the Rhineland The Treaty of Versailles and its consequences G007 6 Medical services on the Western Front; the chain of evacuation from Regimental Aid Post, via Dressing Station and Casualty Clearing Station, to Base Hospital and Blighty ; medical techniques and equipment; survival rates. G008 8 What the infantry soldier wore and carried in the Great War; the development of rifles, machine guns and other weapons G009 8 The artillery of the combattants on the Western Front; the difference between guns, howitzers and mortars; examples of all three types: from 15-pounder field guns to 42cm Big Bertha superheavy mortars and the Paris Gun. G010 6 The story of aviation on the Western Front; early developments, the Aces, the Fokker scourge, flying circuses the triumph of Western industrial might; examples: from Farman, Caudron and Rumpler Taube to Sopwith Snipe, SPAD SVII and Fokker DVII. G011 6 A brief history of tanks in the Great War; trials and tribulations: Little Willie, Mother and the first Mark 1 to the Mark V*; combat debut on the Somme; misuse of armour at Arras and Ypres; triumph at Cambrai; victory at Amiens. G012 8 The story of chemical warfare on the Western Front; types of chemical agent and delivery methods; cloud gas at First Ypres; gas shells and grenades; anti-gas protection; later developments; overall effectiveness of gas as a weapon. G013 4 Major John Norton-Griffiths and the Tunnelling Companies; how the War developed underground, from Hill 60 in 1915 to Messines Ridge in 1917; G014 6 Feeding, clothing and supplying the Army on the G015 5 Under development [available Spring 2014] G016 6 The truth about summary justice and kangaroo courts : military law compared to civilian law, military powers of punishment ; the Army Act and Courts Martial; overall statistics. G The final Allied offensives in France and Belgium, Salonika and the Middle East; President Wilson s 14 Points; German peace overtures; the collapse of the Central Powers; mutiny in Germany; the final peace negotiations; The Armisitice. G018 0 Under development [available Spring 2014] G019 0 Under development [available Summer 2014] cwal_learning_resources_v1.docx Page 2 of 7

3 The British Home Front G101 0 Under development [available Summer 2014] Frock coats & brass hats G102 0 Under development [available Summer 2014] Political change in World G103 0 Under development [available Summer 2014] War One World War One as History G201 8 Ideas on studying the conflict; primary, secondary and tertiary sources; characteristics of each; suggested study methods; comprehensive reading list. Remembrance G202 4 Sir Fabian Ware and the work of the Imperial War Graves Commission [now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission]; the stories of the The legacy of the Great War Cenotaph and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. G203 6 The lasting impact of the Great War in British life: English language, military tactics and weapons, science and medicine, clothing and behaviour. Unreliable memoirs G204 8 The pitfalls of relying on secondary sources when studying the Great War; how to get maximum benefit from biographies and personal recollections. The aftermath of the Great War Mons, Le Cateau & the retreat 1914 Battles of the Marne and Aisne 1914 G205 0 Under development [available Summer 2014]. B The first British battle of the War; Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien s stopping blow at Le Cateau; the retreat to the River Marne. B General Joffre s master-stroke; the Battle of the Marne and the German retreat to the heights of the Aisne; the fight on the Aisne a battle lost by half an hour; the Race to the Sea and the start of trench warfare; 1st Battle of Ypres 1914 B The final German attempt to break through to the sea; the demise of the old British Regular Army; the formation of the Ypres Salient. British Flanders Offensives 1915 B British attempts to breach the German Line in Flanders in 1915; Neuve Chapelle; Aubers Ridge; the Shell Scandal ; Festubert; Givenchy. 2nd Battle of Ypres 1915 B The first use of gas on the Western Front; an opportunity missed for the Germans; the reduction of the Ypres Salient. Battle of Loos 1915 B British support to the French offensive in Artois; fighting on most unfavourable ground ; success on Day 1; bloody fighting; German counterattacks; stalemate. Battle of Verdun 1916 B Operation Gericht: General von Falkenhayn s attempt to bleed the French Army white ; early German success; the fall of Forts Douaumont and Vaux; the French response; the fight on the West Bank; the French counter-offensive. cwal_learning_resources_v1.docx Page 3 of 7

4 The Battle of the Somme 1916 Vimy Ridge, Arras & Bullecourt 1917 The Battle of Messines 1917 The 3rd Battle of Ypres 1917 The Battle of Cambrai 1917 B Allied plans for 1916; an Anglo-French assault astride the River Somme; French participation reduced due to Verdun; disaster on the First Day; the British recovery; success on 14 July; the fight for the woods and ridges; the advent of the tanks; Somme mud; the end of the campaign. B Plans for the Nivelle Offensive; the British role; the astounding Canadian success on Vimy Ridge; the First and Second Battles of the Scarpe; the First and Second Battles of Bullecourt. B Haig s plans for a Flanders Offensive in 1917; the war underground and the mines of Messines; General Plumer s battle plan; pillars of fire ; outstanding success in just 48 hours. B Haig s strategy; initial success; the impact of the weather; descent into the mud; the fight up the Passchendaele Ridge; ultimate success but at heavy cost. B A radical plan for a tank raid ; why Cambrai was selected; breaching the Hindenburg Line; the fight for Bourlon Wood; the German counteroffensive; at best a draw. Die Kaiserschlacht B Russian Revolution leads to a separate peace treaty with Germany; enemy transfers troops to the West; Hindenburg plans to win the War before the Americans can intervene effectively; The Kaiser s Offensive, March to June 1918: Operations Michael, Mars, Georgette, Blücher- Yorck, Gneisenau and Marneschütz; the Allied Line stretches but does not break; General Foch appointed Allied Generalissimo; the Germans run out of steam ; the Allied counter-offensive begins. Meuse/Argonne and St Mihiel 1918 Amiens & the 'Hundred Days' 1918 B Under development [available Spring 2014] B Kaiser s Offensive halted; the first French counter-attack; General Foch s strategic plan; the Battle of Amiens the Black Day of the German Army; the Americans attack St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne; the Hundred Days Offensive; the Hindenburg Line is breached; the Belgians attack the 1918 Flanders Offensive; the enemy collapses; mutiny in Germany; the Allied victory on the Western Front. cwal_learning_resources_v1.docx Page 4 of 7

5 Second World War Learning Resources Origins of the Second World War Opening moves of WW1 on the Western Front 2G001 8 The Treaty of Versailles and its aftermath; the rise of Fascism; the German myth of the stab in the back and the triumph of Hitler and the Nazi Party; disarmament, rearmament and appeasement; Hitler s territorial ambitions; Anschluss and other annexations; the Franco/British guarantee of Polish integrity; the Molotov Pact; the German invasion of Poland. 2G002 4 The deployment of the BEF; the Maginot Line; the Phoney War; the failure of Britain and France to exploit Germany s preoccupation with Poland; 2G003 8 British human resource mobilisation and the utilisation men and women of G Relative sizes and capabilities of the European armies in September Manpower in World War Two The European armies at the outbreak of World War Two The Structure of British 2G005 6 Numbers in and command & control of a Section, Army Units in World War Platoon, Company, Battalion, Brigade, Division, Two Corps and Army. Blitzkrieg G The invasions of Denmark, Norway and the Low Countries; the breakthrough at Sedan, the Battle of France 1940; the Germans reach the English Channel; the BEF retreat to Dunkirk; the collapse of the French Armies; the French surrender; the formation of Vichy; the consequences of the fall of France. The War at sea The Battle of the Atlantic The War in North Africa The Arctic Convoys The Eastern Front The Battle of Britain 1940/1941 The Bombing of Germany Operation Fortitude [the D-Day Deception Campaign] 1944 The Second World War in the Far East 2G006 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] 2G007 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] 2G008 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] 2G009 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] 2G010 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] 2G011 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] 2G012 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] 2G013 0 Under development [available Summer 2014] 2G014 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] cwal_learning_resources_v1.docx Page 5 of 7

6 The end of the Second 2G015 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] World War and its aftermath Operation Dynamo 2B001 0 Under development [available Summer 2014] [the Dunkirk evacuation] 1940 The fall of Greece and 2B002 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] Crete 1941 The Siege of Malta 2B004 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] The Dieppe Raid B005 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] Invading Italy: the 2B006 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] Salerno Landings 1943 The land campaign in 2B007 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] Italy The Anzio Landings and 2B008 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] the fall of Rome 1944 Operation Overlord 2B009 0 Under development [available Summer 2014] [the Normandy Invasion] 1944 Operation Anvil 2B010 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] [Invasion of Southern France] 1944 Operation Market 2B011 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] Garden [Arnhem] 1944 The Battle of the Bulge 2B012 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] Crossing the Rhine 2B013 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] 1945 The defeat of Germany 2B014 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] cwal_learning_resources_v1.docx Page 6 of 7

7 Learning Resources Conflicts in the 18 th and 19 th Centuries Nelson s Nile N001 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] Campaign 1798 The Trafalgar N002 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] Campaign 1805 The Waterloo N003 0 Under development [available Winter 2014] Campaign 1815 The Franco-Prussian War 1870/1871 N004 0 Under development [available Autumn 2014] cwal_learning_resources_v1.docx Page 7 of 7