Conquer we must : a military history of Britain 1914-1945 / Robin Prior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prior, Robin, author.

Series:

Yale scholarship online.

Yale scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Military policy--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Defenses--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 803 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top? Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operations, in the first history to assess both world wars together. Drawing uniquely on both military and political archives and previously unexamined sources Prior explores the fraught relationships between civilian and military leaders: from Lloyd George's remarkably interventionist stance on military tactics during the First World War to Churchill's near-constant arguments with American leaders during the Second.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 A LIBERAL STATE DECLARES WAR

CHAPTER 2 1914 - THE NEW WARFARE

CHAPTER 3 THE NAVY GOES TO WAR 1914-1915

CHAPTER 4 GALLIPOLI - THE POLITICIANS' HOUR

CHAPTER 5 1915 - LEARNING AND NOT LEARNING

CHAPTER 6 THE YEAR OF THE SOMME

CHAPTER 7 THE DEFEAT OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1914-1918

CHAPTER 8 RUE MORGUE - 1917

CHAPTER 9 THE WAR AT SEA 1916-1918

CHAPTER 10 1918 - THE WHIRLWIND

CHAPTER 11 1918 - VICTORY

INTERLUDE 1919-1939

CHAPTER 12 APPEASEMENT AND WAR

CHAPTER 13 THE NORWAY CAMPAIGN

CHAPTER 14 1940 - CRISIS YEAR

CHAPTER 15 THE DESERT - WAVELL'S WAR 1939-1942

CHAPTER 16 THE DESERT -AUCHINLECK'S WAR 1941-1942

PLATES

CHAPTER 17 SLOUCHING TOWARDS A STRATEGY - ANGLO-AMERICAN PLANNING 1940-1942

CHAPTER 18 SINGAPORE

CHAPTER 19 THE DESERT -MONTGOMERY'S WAR 1942-1943

CHAPTER 20 THE END IN AFRICA

CHAPTER 21 INCHING TOWARDS ITALY

CHAPTER 22 PIVOT OF POWER -THE MEDITERRANEAN 1943

CHAPTER 23 ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - ITALY 1943-1944

CHAPTER 24 THE WEIGHT OF THE WAR - THE STRATEGIC BOMBING OF GERMANY

CHAPTER 25 BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

CHAPTER 26 NORMANDY

CHAPTER 27 BURMA

CHAPTER 28 THE END OF THE WARIN EUROPE AUGUST 1944 - MAY 1945

CONCLUSION

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-26898-X

9780300268980