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Armies of empire : the 9th Australian and 50th British divisions in battle, 1939-1945 / Allan Converse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Converse, Allan, author.
- Series:
- Australian Army history series.
- Australian Army history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australia. Australian Army. Australian Division, 9th--Military life.
- Australia.
- Great Britain. Army. Division, 50th--Military life.
- Great Britain.
- Operational readiness (Military science).
- Combat sustainability (Military science).
- World War, 1939-1945--Australia.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Armies of Empire uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies facing similar challenges in the Second World War. The 9th Australian Division and the British 50th (Northumbrian) Division both saw long service and suffered heavy casualties, and both encountered morale, discipline and battlefield effectiveness problems. In this illuminating, comparative study of Australian and British divisions at war, Allan Converse draws extensively on primary sources as well as recent scholarship on morale and combat efficiency. His fresh approach questions the popular mythology surrounding the Australian Digger and the British Tommy, and shows how it was a combination of leadership, loyalty and tactics, rather than intrinsic national qualities, which resulted in victory for Churchill's armies.
- Contents:
- Two roads to Alamein
- Playing at soldiers : 1919-40
- Baptisms of fire : 1940-41
- At the peak : 1942-43
- The loosening bonds
- We pressed on
- Conclusion : the ideal and the sufficient.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-139-88580-4
- 1-107-27218-1
- 1-107-27167-3
- 0-511-92171-3
- 1-107-27825-2
- 1-107-27499-0
- 1-107-27376-5
- 1-107-27702-7
- OCLC:
- 857363746
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