Talks by Major Gordon Corrigan MBE
Major Gordon Corrigan MBEGordon Corrigan spent most of his adult life as an officer of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, serving mainly in the Far East but also in Cyprus, Berlin, Northern Ireland and Belize. He is now a military historian and the author of a number of books on subjects ranging from the Hundred Years War to the Peninsula War to the First and Second World Wars. To date he has been the presenter of five TV series dealing with various aspects of military history, in addition to regular appearances in documentaries. He conducts military history study tours in Europe, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Turkey and North Africa. He has lectured in Russia and Central Asia and is a regular speaker on Noble Caledonia cruises. He has lectured in the United States and Canada and is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Universities of Birmingham and Kent, a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, a Member of the British Commission for Military History, and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farriers. Gordon has provided us with three exclusive talks for Travel Post which can be viewed below and you can view further ones on his website gordoncorrigan.com
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King George’s Army
Gordon provides an overview of the army during the period of the French & Napoleonic Wars from 1793 and 1815 and how it grew in size and reputation to become a refined and effective military force. This talk provides a background to the fascinating areas the MS Hebridean Sky will be sailing through on our Battles and Bottles itineraries.
King George's Navy
This talk gives an introduction to the Royal Navy during the period of the French & Napoleonic Wars from 1793 and 1815 and provides a background to the fascinating areas the MS Hebridean Sky will be sailing through on our Battles and Bottles itineraries.
Operation Barbarossa – the Invasion of the Soviet Union 1941
On 22nd June 1941 Germany embarked on the largest military land operation ever conducted – the invasion of the Soviet Union with three million men and over three thousand tanks. At first all went well, but then split aims, political interference and a failure to capitalise on hatred of communism amongst large sections of the population, led to the unnecessary battle of Stalingrad, and the turning point of the Second World War in the West.