British Army communications in the Second World War : lifting the fog of battle / Simon Godfrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godfrey, S. (Simon)

Series:

Birmingham war studies series.

Birmingham War Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history--Great Britain.

Military history.

Great Britain--Army.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence form the backbone of the Army's operating system. But while much attention has been given in the literature to the other three elements, Communications in the British Army during World War II have been widely ignored. This book rectifies the omission. It shows that failures in front line communications contributed to several of the set backs suffered by the Army but also that ultimate victory was only achieved after a successful communications system was in place. It explains how the outcome of the main campaigns in Europe and North Africa depe

Contents:

4 1940-43: Home Forces: The Army in the UKThe aftermath of Dunkirk; Home Forces 1940-43; Infantry; Artillery; Armour; Signals training 1940-43; Individual training; Unit and formation exercises; 5 The Western Desert 1939-42; The build-up of forces in 1939 and 1940; The defeat of the Italian Army, December 1940-February 1941; Developments in command and communications, March 1941-September 1942; Command structure; Security issues; The effect of communications on the performance of the British Army between March 1941 and September 1942

Second Alamein, October-November 1942, and the pursuit into Cyrenaica6 Operation Torch and Tunisia 1942-43; Operation TORCH; First Army operations November 1942 to April 1943; Security issues in Eighth Army after Second Alamein, January-April 1943; The meeting of First and Eighth Armies, March-May 1943; The Godwin-Austen Committee; designing a consistent army-wide communications system; 7 Sicily and Italy, 1943-44; Training between victory in Tunisia and the invasion of Sicily; The major amphibious landings and river crossings; HUSKY (Sicily); AVALANCHE (Salerno); SHINGLE (Anzio)

The crossing of the River GariglianoAirborne operations; Land operations; The effect of communications on the outcome of the campaign; 8 North-West Europe, 1944-45; Operation OVERLORD; Infantry, Armoured and Artillery communications in North-West Europe; Communications during the pursuit across France, the crossing of the Rhine and the pursuit into Germany; Airborne landings on D-Day (June 1944), at Arnhem (September 1944) and during the crossing of the Rhine (March 1945); Signals security in North-West Europe; 9 Conclusions; 'Voice Control': Developments in wireless between 1939 and 1945

Appendix I: British Wireless SetsNotes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Appendix; Bibliography; Unpublished primary sources; Published primary sources; Memoirs and edited collections of original documents; Published secondary sources; Articles in Journals; Chapters in published collections of essays; Unpublished Theses; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441181435

1441181431

9781441108920

1441108920

OCLC:

842224540