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9780199246304

Raising Churchill's Army The British Army and the War against Germany 1919-1945

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    9780199246304

  • ISBN10:

    0199246300

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-08-09
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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 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. Inthe first half of the Second World War the army did suffer from manifold weaknesses, not just in the form of shortages of equipment, but also in the way in which it applied its doctrine. Few soldiers were actively eager to close with the enemy, but the morale of the army never collapsed and itscombat capability steadily improved from 1942 onwards. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes the most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quitedifferent from Haig in the First World War.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations x
Introduction 1(11)
`How Are You to Succeed without Causing Losses?' Doctrine and Organization, 1919-1939
12(36)
Regimental Officers and the Rank and File
48(33)
Weapons and Equipment
81(41)
Discipline and Morale
122(34)
The Pre-War Army and the British Expeditionary Force, 1940
156(28)
The Reformation of the Army, Home Forces, 1940-1943
184(28)
The Desert War, 1940-1942
212(28)
Monty's Army: Alam Halfa to the Rhine
240(34)
Conclusion 274(13)
Bibliography 287(20)
Index 307

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