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Autor:
Robin Prior
From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi th
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
First World War Studies. :1-3
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https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2023.2209999
https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2023.2209999
Autor:
Robin Prior, Trevor Wilson
In the long history of the British Army, the Battle of the Somme was its bloodiest encounter. Between July 1 and mid-November 1916, 432,000 of its soldiers became casualties--about 3,600 for every day of battle. German casualties were far fewer despi
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
Conquer We Must ISBN: 9780300233407
This chapter focuses on the Anglo-American planning devised between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt hardly wanted Britain to be overrun by the Nazis, and so Britain received as much aid as the Pre
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https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0017
https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0017
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
Conquer We Must ISBN: 9780300233407
This chapter focuses on the war leadership of General Sir Archibald Wavell. After France concluded an armistice with Germany, Britain was left, and outnumbered, to face Italy alone in the Mediterranean. British forces increased on the Egyptian and Li
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https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0015
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
Conquer We Must ISBN: 9780300233407
This chapter explains how Lloyd George achieved unity of command in March 1918. It discusses that George's relations with the military dwindled after the series of disappointing war results in 1917. George suggested that the generals assembled at Ver
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https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0010
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
Conquer We Must ISBN: 9780300233407
This chapter focuses on the year of the Somme campaign. It explicates the understanding that large attacks by the four Allies should take place as near simultaneously as possible in 1916 in order to prevent the Germans from switching forces similar t
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https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0006
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
Conquer We Must ISBN: 9780300233407
This chapter discusses the latest Overlord plan. It expounds on the development and operation of Winston Churchill's Overlord Committee. The Chief of Staff Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC) planners were forced to estimate both what troops would be a
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https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0026
https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0026
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
Conquer We Must ISBN: 9780300233407
This concluding chapter covers the correlation between the two world wars and British politicians and the military. The world wars demonstrated how democratic politicians can wage war with the required level of ruthlessness to fight totalitarian stat
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https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300233407.003.0030
Autor:
Robin Prior
Publikováno v:
Conquer We Must ISBN: 9780300233407
This chapter explores the difficulty of settling on an area of operations with an ally, referencing the development of an Allied plan. It also notes the appointment of Dwight Eisenhower as the Supreme Commander of the Torch landings. The North Africa
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