WINCHESTER’S MILITARY MUSEUMS
An event organised by The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
“WHAT WERE UK’S GLOBAL
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
IN JANUARY 1916”
AN EVENING TALK BY DR ROB JOHNSON
AT 6.15 PM TUESDAY 19 JANUARY 2016
IN THE KINCAID GALLERY, RGJ (RIFLES) MUSEUM
By December 1915 the Allied situation on all fronts was extremely concerning. Two major
offensives on the Western Front had failed with heavy losses and without any appreciable
impact on the German front line. On the Eastern front the Germans had made significant
territorial gains in Russia. Bulgaria, fighting against the Allies, had over-run Serbia and
Montenegro. The Gallipoli campaign had ended in total failure. In Mesopotamia, British
forces were under siege in Kut. What were the Allies to do? What were the UK’s strategic
options and what were UK’s global strategic objectives in January 1916?
Dr Rob Johnson is a former regular officer in The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. He is
now a senior lecturer in history at Oxford University, specialising in strategy and strategic
thinking, and the First World War.
This is the eighth talk in a series marking the centenary of events during the First World War.
Tickets for the talk cost £15 per person (£12.50 for Friends of the Museum). They must
be purchased in advance by post (cheque to ‘RGJ Museum’), over the telephone
(credit/debit card), or in person from:
The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, Peninsula Barracks,
Romsey Road, Winchester, Hants, SO23 8TS
Tel: 01962 828549 e-mail: curator@rgjmuseum.co.uk
The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum is located off the Romsey Road (A3090/B3040), 100 metres from the
Great Hall, Winchester. Free car parking is available in designated spaces for those holding tickets for the talk.
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Note for the Diary – Forthcoming Evening Talks
6.15 pm Tue 15 Mar 16: Evening Talk: “Triumphs of the Crimean Campaign, 1854-56”
Speaker: Patrick Mercer, former MP and Colonel in The Worcestershire & Sherwood
Foresters Regiment, a military historian and battlefield tour guide.
6.15 pm Mon 23 May 16: Evening Talk: “The Battle of Jutland, 1916’
Speaker: Professor Andrew Lambert, the Laughton Professor of Naval History, King’s
College London. (The ninth talk in a series marking the centenary of events during WW1)