The BCMH is pleased to announce its summer conference Whither Operational Art, to be held on 20 June at the Oxford University Training Corps, Falklands House, Oxpens Road, Oxford, OX1 1RX.
There will be papers discussing Operational Art from the Middle Ages to the present day, the day being organised as follows;
Introductory Plenary – Professor William Philpott – Filling ‘The Grey Area between Strategy and Tactics.’ What is the Operational Level of War?
Panel 1 – Between Strategy & Tactics; Military History, Doctrine and Dogma since 1982
Panel 2 – Operational Art on the Western Front 1914-1918
Panel 3 – From AA Svechin to the War in Ukraine
Panel 4 – Operational Art on the Second World War Eastern Front and in the 1967-1973 Middle East Wars
Panel 5 – British Operational Art in the Second World War
Panel 6 – Operational Art in different domains; COIN, sea power, and the grey zone
Panel 7 – Operational Art before Napoleon
The full agenda is available here – https://www.bcmh.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Operational-Art-Conference-Agenda-2026.pdf
Tickets can be bought here – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whither-operational-art-bcmh-conference-tickets-1988613943838?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true#location
Tickets including lunch are £35 for BCMH members and £40 for non-members.