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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Page 232
... Rawlinson was an old Etonian and , unlike Haig and French , an infantry officer , having been commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps ( 60th Rifles ) , though after eight years in that regiment he transferred to the Coldstream ...
... Rawlinson was an old Etonian and , unlike Haig and French , an infantry officer , having been commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps ( 60th Rifles ) , though after eight years in that regiment he transferred to the Coldstream ...
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... Rawlinson - or ' Rawly ' to his intimates - had proved himself able to absorb the lessons of the US Civil War and of the even more relevant Russo - Japanese War , during which the Japanese machine - guns , heavy artillery and ...
... Rawlinson - or ' Rawly ' to his intimates - had proved himself able to absorb the lessons of the US Civil War and of the even more relevant Russo - Japanese War , during which the Japanese machine - guns , heavy artillery and ...
Page 496
... Rawlinson's front and Haig had finally learned that to press an attack too far was to throw away the gains already made . He therefore proposed halting Rawlinson's offensive within the next few days , but agreed to keep up the pressure ...
... Rawlinson's front and Haig had finally learned that to press an attack too far was to throw away the gains already made . He therefore proposed halting Rawlinson's offensive within the next few days , but agreed to keep up the pressure ...
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 |