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Congress of Military History

"Technology and Warfare"

August 25 - September 1, 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria

LOGO

The Cherry Tree Gun - the Wooden Artillery of Bulgaria

Bulgarian nation under the Ottomans did not have approach to modern technologies; revolutionaries nevertheless, searched ways to diminish the extremely negative for them ratio in arms and technologies;

According to the Bulgarian revolutionary strategist Georgi Rakovski (patron of the host Institution of the Congress), in his native town Kotel, from the very beginning of the 19th C., cherry tree wooden guns production was a well-known technology;

In the course of the preparation of the April Uprising of 1876 a lot of these guns were produced, almost 100; Their caliber was 10-12 sm, and they were long about 2 metres;

Although expressing very low effectiveness, the guns succeeded in raising the spirit of the rebels;

The cherry tree wooden gun is a symbol until nowadays for the naive belief of a nation to be able to oppose a great Empire and achieve Liberty.

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Invitation

Deputy Minister of Defense Valentin Radev — Mr.Valentin Radev - Deputy Minister of Defense of Bulgaria and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Congress

Prof Dimitar Minchev — Prof. Dimitre Minchev - President of the Bulgarian Commission of Military History

The Bulgarian Commission of Military History kindly invites the member National Commissions of the ICMH to participate in the 38th Congress of Military History, which will be held from 25 until 31 August 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria, under the aegis of the Minister of Defense of Republic of Bulgaria. The forum will be hosted by "G. S. Rakovski" Defense Academy. The Bulgarian Commission of Military History is delighted to welcome the Congress in Bulgaria for the first time in the history of the ICMH.

The main theme of the Congress will be: TECHNOLOGY AND WARFARE and the working languages of the event – English and French.

The Congress will be organized in the five-star Kempinski Hotel Zografski – a recommendable hotel for accommodation.

Sofia, the capital of our country of 8 000 000 people, is an ancient city. The Museums, the streets, and undergrounds keep tracks from Thracians, Hellens, Romans, Slavs, Bulgarians, and Ottomans. Some of them will be visited by the participants in the Congress during the social events.

We look forward to welcoming you to Sofia in 2012 to what we are certain will be an exciting and stimulating ICMH Congress.

Respectfully,
Prof. Dimitre Minchev
President of the Bulgarian Commission of Military History

Signature

October 25, 2011 Sofia