Raising Churchill's Army : the British Army and the War against Germany 1919-1945.

Raising Churchill's Army : the British Army and the War against Germany 1919-1945.

This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles through the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World...

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Main Author: French, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2000.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Army > History > World War, 1939-1945.
Great Britain. > Army
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'How Are You to Succeed without Causing Losses?' Doctrine and Organization, 1919-1939; 2 Regimental Officers and the Rank and File; 3 Weapons and Equipment; 4 Discipline and Morale; 5 The Pre-War Army and the British Expeditionary Force, 1940; 6 The Reformation of the Army, Home Forces, 1940-1943; 7 The Desert War, 1940-1942; 8 Monty's Army: Alam Halfa to the Rhine; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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