The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-18Many Great War histories tell the reader what happened on the Western front but few spell out why. In this book, the author looks at the battles through the eyes of the generals who were charged with winning them and examines the accusations that have surrounded them for over 70 years. The tragedy of the death toll on the Western Front gives weight to the argument against them, but what were the near unsurmountable problems that stood between the generals and final victory? How much of what the general public believes about the First World War is really true? This book aims to illuminate the bitter controversy. |
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... Cambrai sector lay south of the Arras battlefield on ground as yet unravaged by shellfire . The region was one of downland and open fields , interspersed with woods and copses , the ground firm and dry , and only lightly held by the ...
... Cambrai sector lay south of the Arras battlefield on ground as yet unravaged by shellfire . The region was one of downland and open fields , interspersed with woods and copses , the ground firm and dry , and only lightly held by the ...
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... Cambrai . From Fontaine it was no great distance to the outskirts of Cambrai and had the cavalry come up and moved forward much might have been achieved , but Harper's order to wait stopped any further advance . Bourlon Ridge , with its ...
... Cambrai . From Fontaine it was no great distance to the outskirts of Cambrai and had the cavalry come up and moved forward much might have been achieved , but Harper's order to wait stopped any further advance . Bourlon Ridge , with its ...
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... Cambrai , in which the tanks were supposed to dominate the battlefield , demonstrated that armour needs infantry support . After Cambrai , the British tanks and infantry operated as mutually supporting arms . Byng decided on a setpiece ...
... Cambrai , in which the tanks were supposed to dominate the battlefield , demonstrated that armour needs infantry support . After Cambrai , the British tanks and infantry operated as mutually supporting arms . Byng decided on a setpiece ...
Contents
Introduction 1735 | 1 |
THE BACKGROUND TO THE WAR 18711914 | 8 |
THE TURN OF THE TIDE AND THE HUNDRED DAYS JuneNovember 1918 483 | 22 |
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References to this book
British Generalship on the Western Front 1914-1918: Defeat into Victory Simon Robbins No preview available - 2004 |
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson:A Political Soldier: A Political Soldier Keith Jeffery No preview available - 2006 |