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Emner: Slaget ved Neuve Chapelle 1915 - Moral - Officerer - Andre rangkategorier - Personelrelationer - Disciplin - Religion og moral - Patriotisme - Øverstbefalende og stab - Konklusioner
During the few years prior to publication there had been a growing interest not only in the organisation and efficiency of the British Army, but also in its role in modern British society and the place of soldiering as a significant career. The time was therefore ripe for a book such as this, which looks objectively at the position of our Army whilst at the same time showing the actual experience of a Regular soldier. Originally published in 1972, Colonel Baynes’s book was largely written during a year’s Defence Fellowship at Edinburgh University in 1968-9, where he worked under Professor John Erickson in the Higher Defence Studies sections of the Department of Politics. He begins by exa...
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2. Verdenskrig; Biografi; General O'Connor; Wavell; Auchinleck; Montgomery; Alexander; Harding; Slim; Eisenhower; Nordafrika; Operation Compass; 1. Verdenskrig; Ørkenkrigen; Jerusalem; Normandiet; Italien; Operation Bluecoat; Operation Epsom; Operation Goodwood; Tunis; Italienske Hær; Mussolini; Graziani; Sidi Barrani; Mersah Matruth; Western Desert Force; Gulf of Sallum; Tobruk; Benghazi; Ørkenkrigsførelse;
Major General R.E. Urquhart is best remembered for his part in the Battle of Arnhem, during which he commanded the 1st Airborne Division in one of the bitterest battles of World War II. Between 1950 and 1952 he was also significantly involved in the successful campaign against the communist terrorists in Malaya, laying the foundations on which General Templer was later able to build his reputation as saviour of the country.