Welcome to the Society for Military History
Established in 1933 as the American Military History Foundation, renamed in 1939 the American Military Institute, and renamed again in 1990 the Society for Military History, the Society is devoted to stimulating and advancing the study of military history. Its membership (today more than 3200) has included many of the world's most prominent scholars, soldiers, and citizens interested in military history.
The George C. Marshall Lecture
Sponsored by
The George C. Marshall Foundation and the Society for Military History
at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 4, 2025, 3:30-5 PM
Sheraton New York, New York Ballroom West
Professor Richard Overy
University of Exeter
"To the Bitter End?: Germany, Japan, and Surrender, 1945"
Eighty years ago, Germany and Japan in different ways accepted the Allies’ demand for unconditional surrender. Beforehand, both armed forces fought to the bitter end despite battlefield defeat and the destruction of their homeland. In this lecture, Dr. Richard Overy, author of Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945 and Why the Allies Won, compares these two endgames and the Allied response to their enemy’s unwillingness to capitulate and what ultimately happened, including the long-term ramifications.
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