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David Hall

Dr David Hall

Visiting Research Fellow in the Defence Studies Department

Research interests

  • Conflict and security
  • History

Contact details

Biography

Dr David Hall is a Visiting Research Fellow within the Defence Studies Department, He joined King’s College London, in July 1998. He was previously an Assistant Professor in the History Department at the Royal Military College of Canada. He has a D.Phil. in Modern History from the University of Oxford, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

 

Research Interests

  • Modern German History
  • Military History from the 18th Century to the Present
  • Staff Rides and Battlefield Tours

 

Current Research

Dr Hall is writing a new book on Adolf Hitler and his life on the Obersalzberg. It builds on the themes introduced and developed in Hitler's Munich: The Capital of the Nazi Movement (Pen & Sword, 2020) and highlights the importance of this mountain region in south-eastern Bavaria to Hitler's planning and conduct of the Second World War.

 

Teaching

MA Special Subject: Hitler Studies

Operational Studies Module: ‘Operation Merkur’ – the German Invasion of Crete in May 1941

 

Dr David Hall PURE Profile

Research

WW1
The First World War Research Group

The First World War Research Group brings together a wealth of expertise on military, diplomatic, social, and cultural aspects of the conflict.

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The Second World War Research Group

Second World War Research Group

Research

WW1
The First World War Research Group

The First World War Research Group brings together a wealth of expertise on military, diplomatic, social, and cultural aspects of the conflict.

war-1172111_1920
The Second World War Research Group

Second World War Research Group