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Book Synopsis Armoured Guardsman by : Robert Boscowan
Download or read book Armoured Guardsman written by Robert Boscowan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outbreak of World War II brought many changes to Britain's Brigade of Guards. The dress-parade units had always maintained a full combat capacity and made a relatively easy transition into a new unit, the Guards Armoured Division. The Guards landed in Normandy on D+4 and steadily fought their way across northern Europe. Robert Boscowan was a tank commander in the 1st Coldstream Guards and had four tanks shot from under him. On the fourth occasion he was badly wounded and burned, making a difficult postwar recovery. The years after the war, however, also brought both business and political success, culminating in a 23-year career in Parliament. Boscowan's account of Britain's elite at war is based on his wartime diaries.
Book Synopsis British Armour in the Normandy Campaign by : John Buckley
Download or read book British Armour in the Normandy Campaign written by John Buckley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an innovative study of the Normandy campaign and the perceived failure of British forces there. It is essential reading for all students of military history and general readers with an interest in the subject.
Book Synopsis British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945 by : Richard Doherty
Download or read book British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945 written by Richard Doherty and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A total of eleven British armoured divisions were formed during the 1939-1945 war but, as this highly informative book reveals, just eight saw action.??In 1940 only 1st Armoured Division faced the German blitzkrieg and it was in the North African desert that armoured divisions came into their own. The terrain was ideal and six such divisions of Eighth Army fought Rommel's Panzers into submission. Three were disbanded prior to the invasion of Sicily and Italy. The campaign from D-Day onwards saw the Guards Armoured, 7th Armoured (the Desert Rats), 11th and Percy Hobart's 79th Armoured Division in the thick of the action.??Of particular interest are the men who commanded these elite formations and the way their characters contributed to the outcome of operations. While some, such as Dick McCreery, went onto greater heights, others did not make the grade; the stakes were high. A number, such as 'Pip' Roberts, were just perfectly suited in the role.??Written by a leading military historian, this book describes many fascinating aspects of armoured warfare from its uncertain beginnings, through the development of tactics and the evolving tank design. Due to British deficiencies, reliance had to be placed on US Grants and Shermans, with the Comet coming late and the Centurion too late.??The combination of gripping historical narrative and well researched fact make this an invaluable and highly readable work on the contribution of British Armoured Divisions to victory in the Second World War.
Book Synopsis Monty's Functional Doctrine by : Charles Forrester
Download or read book Monty's Functional Doctrine written by Charles Forrester and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2015-08-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a combination of new perspectives and new evidence, this book presents a reinterpretation of how 21st Army Group produced a successful combined arms doctrine by late 1944 and implemented this in early 1945. Historians, professional military personnel and those interested in military history should read this book, which contributes to the radical reappraisal of Great Britains fighting forces in the last years of the Second World War, with an exploration of the reasons why 21st Army Group was able in 194445 to integrate the operations of its armor and infantry. The key to understanding how the outcome developed lies in understanding the ways in which the two processes of fighting and the creation of doctrine interrelated. This requires both a conventional focus on command and a cross-level study of Montgomery and a significant group of commanders. The issue of whether or not this integration of combat arms (a guide to operational fighting capability) had any basis in a common doctrine is an important one. Alongside this stands the new light this work throws on how such doctrine was created. A third interrelated contribution is in answering how Montgomery commanded, and whether and to what extent, doctrine was imposed or generated. Further it investigates how a group of effervescent commanders interrelated, and what the impact of those interrelationships was in the formulation of a workable doctrine. The book makes an original contribution to the debate on Montgomerys command style in Northwest Europe and its consequences, and integrates this with tracking down and disentangling the roots of his ideas, and his role in the creation of doctrine for the British Armys final push against the Germans. In particular the author is able to do something that has defeated previous authors: to explain how doctrine was evolved and, especially who was responsible for providing the crucial first drafts, and the role Montgomery played in revising, codifying and disseminating it.
Book Synopsis Armoured Guardsmen by : Robert Boscawen
Download or read book Armoured Guardsmen written by Robert Boscawen and published by Stackpole Military History. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring story of frontline action with the tank troops of the Coldstream Guards as they fight their way through northwest Europe during the final year of World War II Vivid and perceptive narrative captures the spirit of comradeship, the joy of success, the bitterness of loss, and the dangerous thrill of combat Shortly after D-Day, Bob Boscawen, fresh from Cambridge and Sandhurst, found himself in Normandy with his Coldstream Guards tank unit. During the months that followed, he kept a diary recording the Guards Armoured Division's almost constant activity in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany--until, having already had three tanks shot from under him, he suffered severe burns and had to be evacuated, one of only two survivors of his crew.
Book Synopsis The Armoured Campaign in Normandy by : Stephen Napier
Download or read book The Armoured Campaign in Normandy written by Stephen Napier and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the D-day landings, this is a brutally frank appraisal of the planned use and actual results of the deployment of armour by both German and Allied commanders in the major tank battles of the Normandy campaign including operations Epsom, Goodwood, Cobra and Totalize. The Armoured Campaign in Normandy is a critique of Montgomery's plans to seize territory and break out and describes how they failed in the face of German resistance. It details the poor planning and mistakes of British senior commanders and how the German Army's convoluted chain of command contributed to their own defeat; these were decisions taken which cost the lives of the tank crews of both sides ordered to carry them out. Official reports, war diaries, after action reports, letters, regimental histories, memoirs of generals and recollections of tank men are used to tell the inside story of the campaign from an armour point of view to give a different but detailed perspective of the Normandy campaign from the men who fought in it.
Book Synopsis The Guards Armoured Division by : Gerald Lloyd Verney
Download or read book The Guards Armoured Division written by Gerald Lloyd Verney and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Education Benefits for National Guard and Reserve Members of the U.S. Armed Forces by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Download or read book Education Benefits for National Guard and Reserve Members of the U.S. Armed Forces written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reserve Components of the Armed Forces and National Guard Technicians by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Download or read book Reserve Components of the Armed Forces and National Guard Technicians written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers H.R. 2 and proposed realignment of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard, to reorganize the armed forces reserves and National Guard, provide a national guard for the Virgin Islands, give National Guard technicians Federal employee status, and adjust relative strengths between Army National Guard and Army Reserves.
Book Synopsis The Story of the Guards Armoured Division by : The Earl of Rosse
Download or read book The Story of the Guards Armoured Division written by The Earl of Rosse and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formed in June 1941, the Guards Armoured Division proved that Household Troops could adapt their legendary high standards to a totally new role. Deploying to Normandy in 1944 under Major General Sir Allan Adair, the Division acquitted itself with distinction in the costly Operation GOODWOOD.After the breakout, the Welsh Guards liberated Brussels on 3 September and the Division played a leading role in Operation MARKET GARDEN.In early 1945, the Division fought in Operation VERITABLE, breaking General Schlemms lateral line near Menzelen. The Rhine crossing followed, with the Guards Armoured leading XXX Corps towards Bremen and Hamburg. Guardsman Edward Charlton, Irish Guards, severely wounded, broke up a counterattack and earned the last VC of the European war.The Story of The Guards Armoured Division is a classic account of the Divisions superb fighting record.
Book Synopsis Reserve Components of the Armed Forces and National Guard Technicians, Hearings ... 90-1, on H.R. 2, an Act to Amend Titles 10, 14, 32, and 37, United States Code, to Strengthen the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, and Clarify the Status of National Guard Technicians, and for Other Purposes, June 26, 27; September 27; October 2, 3, 1967 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services
Download or read book Reserve Components of the Armed Forces and National Guard Technicians, Hearings ... 90-1, on H.R. 2, an Act to Amend Titles 10, 14, 32, and 37, United States Code, to Strengthen the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, and Clarify the Status of National Guard Technicians, and for Other Purposes, June 26, 27; September 27; October 2, 3, 1967 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of the Guards Armoured Division by : Laurence Michael Harvey Parson Rosse (6th earl of)
Download or read book The Story of the Guards Armoured Division written by Laurence Michael Harvey Parson Rosse (6th earl of) and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Søgeord: Militære operationer, pansret gardedivision, pansergardedivision ; Normandiet ; Panseroperationer ; Belgien, Holland ; Kamp i skove ; Flodovergang ; Rhinen.
Book Synopsis 1914-1938 Armored Fighting Vehicles by : George Bradford
Download or read book 1914-1938 Armored Fighting Vehicles written by George Bradford and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bradford's latest collection of scale drawings of armored fighting vehicles focuses on the years from World War I to the eve of World War II.
Book Synopsis The Welsh Guards by : John Retallack
Download or read book The Welsh Guards written by John Retallack and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1981-02-20 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the youngest of the Regiments in the Household Division, the Welsh Guards have established a reputation on both the battlefield, and on the parade ground, that is fully equal to the proud standards for which Guardsmen have long been famous. The Welsh Guards were formed in 1915, and they saw much hard fighting in both World Wars. Of the first thirty years of their existence, almost a third were spent at war and as a result tradition and regimental spirit were quickly forged. Such is the variety of a modern soldier's life that in the years since the Second World War, the Welsh Guards have been employed in sixteen different countrys, (in some of them two or three times) as diverse as texas and the snows of artic Norway. This swift account takes their story from the regiment's foundation in 1915, from their baptism of fire at loos, through another World War, and on to the tragic business of trying to preserve lives, and some sort of life, in the internecine bitterness of Northern Ireland.
Book Synopsis Unsung Sailors by : Justin F. Gleichauf
Download or read book Unsung Sailors written by Justin F. Gleichauf and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a critical but relatively unknown branch of the navy involving some 144,000 men who served in the US Naval Armed Guard. There are 150 first-hand accounts from former guardsmen, as well as historical data telling how the US Naval Armed Guard's 6000 merchant ships transported supplies.
Book Synopsis Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments by :
Download or read book Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Royal Armoured Corps Journal by :
Download or read book The Royal Armoured Corps Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
