Raising Churchill's army : the British Army and the war against Germany, 1919-1945 / David French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, David, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 War. David French analyses the place of the army in British interwar strategy and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. In the first

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;

Notes:

Originally published: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-154253-9

9786610445271

1-4416-9369-6

0-19-820641-0

1-280-44527-0

OCLC:

714569781