The Laurier Military Centre is pleased to announce the lineup for our Winter Speakers' Series. We will be presenting a varied lineup of speakers talking about military history as well as contemporary military affairs. These talks will be offered on Thursday evenings at the Laurier Military Centre, 232 King St. N. in Waterloo (map -
http://www.wlu.ca/lcmsds/about%20us/contact%20us.html). Each talk will be followed by an informal reception with beverages and snacks, and are open to the public.
Upcoming talks in the Winter Speakers' Series:
Thursday, April 15th at 7pm
Lieutenant-Colonel Angelo Caravaggio, Canadian Forces College
"21 Days in Normandy: A Reassessment of the Actions of 4th Canadian Armoured Division and Major-General George Kitching"
To date the assessments of the actions of 4th Canadian Armoured Division and those of its commander Major-General Kitching have been consistently poor. Using war diaries and operation logs this presentation will look at how operational and administrative decisions made in the planning of OVERLORD significantly curtailed Kitching's ability to train his division for the coming battles. Highlighting orders that as of now, have not been revealed and or discussed, the presentation will show that the division and its leadership were asked to do much more than is commonly known and, despite massive casualties to its leadership cadre, accomplished much more than is commonly believed.
Lieutenant-Colonel Angelo N. Caravaggio has been an officer in the Canadian Forces for 31 years serving in numerous air force and navy posts across Canada and in NATO. He has been engaged in development and delivery of advanced professional military education for the past nine years and is currently the Chair of Executive Development at the Canadian Forces College (CFC) in Toronto. Lieutenant-Colonel Caravaggio is responsible for the development and delivery of executive level leadership education for General and Flag officers and civilian executives of the Department of National Defence.
Lieutenant-Colonel Caravaggio is a graduate of Command and Staff Course 23, has a Masters degree in War Studies, a Masters degree in Defence Studies and has a Ph. D in military history from Wilfrid Laurier University. He is a frequent lecturer on executive leadership and military history and is the 2007 Edward S. Miller Award winner for best historical essay published in the U.S. Naval War College Review. In addition to his faculty responsibilities at CFC, Lieutenant-Colonel Caravaggio was appointed to the graduate faculty of the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph as an adjunct professor teaching leadership theory in the Masters in Leadership Program. Lieutenant-Colonel Caravaggio is also an on-air military historian for the History Channel. Lieutenant-Colonel Caravaggio was appointed to the Order of Military Merit (Officer) in 1999 and is an alumnus of the Governor General's Leadership Conference 2004.
