Against odds: reflections on the experiences of the British Army, 1914-45

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan Press, 1999Description: 240pISBN:
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Subject(s): Summary: An historian's critical reflections on the two World Wars that his father and he fought. Concludes that in both wars relatively poorly equipped British armies won the day with huge quantities of high explosive. Also compares the leadership styles of Douglas Haig and Bernard Montgomery.
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An historian's critical reflections on the two World Wars that his father and he fought. Concludes that in both wars relatively poorly equipped British armies won the day with huge quantities of high explosive. Also compares the leadership styles of Douglas Haig and Bernard Montgomery.

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