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Book Synopsis The British Expeditionary Force, 1939-40 by : E. Smalley
Download or read book The British Expeditionary Force, 1939-40 written by E. Smalley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between September 1939 and June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force confronted the German threat to France and Flanders with a confused mind-set, an uncertain skills-set and an uncompetitive capability. This book explores the formation's origins, the scale of defeat in France and the campaign's considerable legacy.
Book Synopsis The British Army 1939-1945 by : Alan Philson
Download or read book The British Army 1939-1945 written by Alan Philson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Army, 1939-1945 by : Alan Philson
Download or read book British Army, 1939-1945 written by Alan Philson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The BEF in France, 1939–1940 by : John Grehan
Download or read book The BEF in France, 1939–1940 written by John Grehan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British force in Europe from 19391940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force.The British Expeditionary Force was started in 1938 in readiness for a perceived threat of war after Germany annexed Austria in March 1938 and the claims on the Sudetenland, which led to the invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. After the French and British had promised to defend Poland, the German invasion of that country began and war was declared on 3 September 1939.The BEF was sent to France in September 1939 and deployed mainly along the BelgianFrench border during the so-called Phoney War leading up to May 1940. The BEF did not commence hostilities until the invasion of France on 10 May 1940. After the commencement of battle, they were driven back through Belgium and north-western France, forcing their eventual evacuation from several ports along the French northern coastline in Operations Dynamo, Ariel and Cycle. The most notable evacuation was from the Dunkirk region and from this the phrase Dunkirk Spirit was coined.
Book Synopsis Despatches...received by the Secretary of State for War from General the Viscount Gort...Commander-in-chief, British Expeditionary Force by : Great Britain. War Office
Download or read book Despatches...received by the Secretary of State for War from General the Viscount Gort...Commander-in-chief, British Expeditionary Force written by Great Britain. War Office and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Road to Dunkirk by : Charles More
Download or read book The Road to Dunkirk written by Charles More and published by Frontline. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A detailed and fascinating account” of a little known WWII showdown in Belgium between the British Expeditionary Force and the German army (Barnsley Chronicle). This is an important reassessment of a critical period in the British Expeditionary Force’s fight against the German armies invading France in 1940. On May 25, Lord Gort, the British commander, took the decision to move 5th Division north in order to plug a growing gap in his army’s eastern defenses. Over the next three days the division fought a little-known engagement, the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, to hold the Germans at bay while the rest of the BEF retreated toward Dunkirk. The book describes the British Army of 1940 and outlines the early stages of the campaign before explaining the context of Gort’s decision and why it was made. Then, using British and German sources, it shows how the British doggedly defended their line against heavy German attacks, and demonstrates that the Expeditionary Force was far more than the badly equipped and undertrained army many historians have represented it as. This fresh look at the campaign also casts new light on other aspects such as the impact of the Luftwaffe and the Dunkirk evacuation itself. “This book is important for all those interested in the fighting which proceeded the general retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk. The author has trawled numerous archival sources, which are well cited in this elegantly produced book.” —Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
Book Synopsis Vanguard to Victory by : Skene Catling
Download or read book Vanguard to Victory written by Skene Catling and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report on the Employment of the British Expeditionary Force in France from 3rd Sept., 1939, Until 3rd June, 1940 by : J. S. S. P. V. Gort
Download or read book Report on the Employment of the British Expeditionary Force in France from 3rd Sept., 1939, Until 3rd June, 1940 written by J. S. S. P. V. Gort and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Operations of the British Expeditionary Force, France, from 12th June, 1940 to 19th June, 1940 by :
Download or read book Operations of the British Expeditionary Force, France, from 12th June, 1940 to 19th June, 1940 written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Memoirs from the British Expeditionary Force, 1914–1915 by : Edward Gleichen
Download or read book Memoirs from the British Expeditionary Force, 1914–1915 written by Edward Gleichen and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-08-31 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Gleichen commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade during the tumultous opening battles of the Great War. The division was mobilised by 10 August 1914, and fought in the opening battles at Mons, Le Cateau and the Marne. The 15th Infantry Brigade was a regular formation tht comprised four battalions from Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Dorset and Cheshire. Detailed accounts by battlefield commanders from 1914 are surprisingly rare. This long out of print account of the actions of the British Expeditionary Force, which was first published in 1917, was based on a diary of events written at the time by Brigadier General Edward Gleichen. It originally appeared under the title The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade - August 1914 to March 1915. This volume is much more than a brigade diary, providing the reader with a detailed and privileged insight into the problems of command during the confused actions in Flanders and France from the perspective of the men who helped to forge the legend of the Old Comtemptables.
Book Synopsis Operations of the British Expeditionary Force, France from 12th June, 1940 to 19th June, 1940 by : Alan Francis Brooke (Viscount Alanbrooke)
Download or read book Operations of the British Expeditionary Force, France from 12th June, 1940 to 19th June, 1940 written by Alan Francis Brooke (Viscount Alanbrooke) and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Against All Odds by : David Smurthwaite
Download or read book Against All Odds written by David Smurthwaite and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 1990 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the British Army's efforts to fashion a modern fighting force to match the growing Nazi menace, its baptism of fire upon the fields of Scandinavia and France, and its evacuation from Dunkirk.
Book Synopsis The Diary of the War 1939-40 by : Authorithy of The Council
Download or read book The Diary of the War 1939-40 written by Authorithy of The Council and published by . This book was released on with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kortskitse: "Operations of the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium and Northern France May, 1940." Kun volume I haves.
Book Synopsis Despatches Submitted to the Secretary of State for War Relating to the Operations of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium, 1939-40 by : John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker Gort (Viscount)
Download or read book Despatches Submitted to the Secretary of State for War Relating to the Operations of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium, 1939-40 written by John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker Gort (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Last of the Few written by Max Arthur and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the fall of France in May 1940, The British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stoodalone to face Hitler's inevitable invasion attempt.
Book Synopsis British Army Handbook 1939-1945 by : George Forty
Download or read book British Army Handbook 1939-1945 written by George Forty and published by Sutton Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To encapsulate the British Army in one book is no easy task, but here, George Forty presents it as it was during the Second World War. When war was declared in 1939, the British Army was very much the 'Cinderella' of the three armed services with a total strength of around 865,000 men. However, just four years later when the Allies invaded North West Europe, the British Army had grown into a powerful, well-organized and well-equipped fighting force of three million men and women. George Forty here presents a comprehensive overview of the British Army during this important time. It has full details of mobilization and training, higher organization and arms of the service; divisional organizations and non-divisional units; HQs and Staff; the combat arms and the services; the individual soldier, his weapons and equipment based on that used in 1944; tactics; weapons, vehicles and equipment; vehicle markings and camouflage; the ATS and other Women's Corps. Fully illustrated with an unusual collection of photographs and line illustrations, this is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in this fascinating period of British history.
Download or read book Don't Panic written by Mark Rowe and published by Spellmount Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between May and October 1940, following Hitler’s invasion of western Europe and the evacuation of the Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, it was feared that the Germans would invade Britain. Over a million men volunteered for the Home Guard, beaches were covered with barbed wire, and pillboxes were scattered across the countryside. But even amid this frenzy of preparation, many Britons were indifferent to the perceived threat. In Don’t Panic, Mark Rowe presents the definitive account of Britain’s ‘finest hour’. Using diaries, official documents and many previously unpublished photographs, he recounts the history of the invasion that never was, including how Churchill interfered with the defence of Whitehall, the many false alarms such as the ‘Battle of Bewdley’, and the general who boasted his orders were ‘grandiloquent b*ll*cks’. Moreover, it shows how the people of Britain sought to defend their island against a truly formidable enemy, and how their preparations arguably prevented the invasion from ever taking place.
