TY - BOOK AU - FRASER David TI - And we shall shock them: the British Army in the Second World War SN - 0304352330 (pbk.): PY - 1999/// CY - London PB - Cassell KW - BRITAIN KW - ARMY KW - SECOND WORLD WAR KW - STRATEGY KW - TACTICS N2 - First published in 1983 this book covers the British army's "character, actions, failings and achievements" throughout the Second World War. The author pays particular attention to the early stages of the war at the outbreak of which the British army was small, and according to this book, unprepared for war materially, tactically, and psychologically ER -