03087nam 2200685Ia 450 991079225610332120231206214427.00-19-154253-997866104452711-4416-9369-60-19-820641-01-280-44527-0(CKB)2560000000294965(EBL)684609(OCoLC)714569781(SSID)ssj0000307629(PQKBManifestationID)12060517(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307629(PQKBWorkID)10252004(PQKB)11236526(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022235(Au-PeEL)EBL684609(CaPaEBR)ebr10464215(CaONFJC)MIL830003(Au-PeEL)EBL4963658(CaONFJC)MIL44527(OCoLC)1027169381(Au-PeEL)EBL7035369(MiAaPQ)EBC684609(MiAaPQ)EBC4963658(MiAaPQ)EBC7035369(EXLCZ)99256000000029496520010113e20012000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrRaising Churchill's army[electronic resource] the British Army and the war against Germany, 1919-1945 /David FrenchOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (332 p.)Originally published: 2000.0-19-924630-0 0-19-169756-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'How Are You to Succeed without Causing Losses?' Doctrine and Organization, 1919-1939; 2 Regimental Officers and the Rank and File; 3 Weapons and Equipment; 4 Discipline and Morale; 5 The Pre-War Army and the British Expeditionary Force, 1940; 6 The Reformation of the Army, Home Forces, 1940-1943; 7 The Desert War, 1940-1942; 8 Monty's Army: Alam Halfa to the Rhine; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;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. In the firstWorld War, 1939-1945Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Great BritainCampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Campaigns.940.541241French David1954-1154348MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792256103321Raising Churchill's army3783747UNINA