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Sto caricando le informazioni... Raising Churchill's Army: The British Army and the War against Germany 1919-1945di David French
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. If you're looking for an incisive examination of the woes of the British army in the Second World War, and how those flaws were overcome, this is the book for you. While there are any number of relevant points one can talk about, to a large degree the author boils it down to the tensions between an authoritarian organizational culture trying to operate with a machine-age doctrine that really demanded a high level of decentralization. Add to this lapses in training and professional education, more missions then could be adequately covered, and the costs of crash mobilization, and one has a picture of why British operational competance was so hard bought. What this was not about is hangovers from the 19th century, World War I trench warfare, an overfondness for horses, or regimentalism on the brain. If one has a complaint, it would have been nice to see a comparison of how the process by which Britain's army in Asia gained competance compared with what happened in the Mediterranean and Western Europe. But one can only put so much in one monograph. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"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 strategy in the interwar period 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. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes that most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quite different from Haig in the First World War."--Jacket. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)940.541241History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Operations and unitsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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The author has undertaken significant and in depth research. Some of the information he has unearthed is very informative. For example, I found the details on the dangers of being a platoon commander and the average time in command before being killed or wounded sobering.
My concern is that this book (as its title indicates) only concentrates on the campaigns in France and North West Europe. It only touches upon Italy, Sicily and Tunisia, and hardly mentions the Western Desert or South East Asia. I am also sceptical about some of the conclusions reached. For example, I question the references to Major General ROSS (GOC 53 Infantry Division) and not so favourable about MONTGOMERY's style of leadership.
In summary, I do recommend this book to any military historian. It is well researched and is very thought provoking. ( )