Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El AlameinJonathan Cape, 2004 - 531 pages Based on extensive original research, the author paints a vivid picture of the fighting during the Battle of El Alamein. From the early and desperate days of July 1942 to the final, if costly, victory in November later that year, this is the story of an army that learnt from its mistakes. |
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Page 23
... command of the army represented a real upheaval of the British command chain , a sign in itself of the deep crisis facing Middle East Command . Auchinleck had asked Dorman - Smith to act as his ' DCGS in the field ' by dealing with all ...
... command of the army represented a real upheaval of the British command chain , a sign in itself of the deep crisis facing Middle East Command . Auchinleck had asked Dorman - Smith to act as his ' DCGS in the field ' by dealing with all ...
Page 202
... command of Eighth Army and the necessity to defeat Rommel , the Prime Minister was unlikely meekly to accept military advice on the candidate for the post . That night , Churchill made up his mind : ' I therefore advised the Cabinet ...
... command of Eighth Army and the necessity to defeat Rommel , the Prime Minister was unlikely meekly to accept military advice on the candidate for the post . That night , Churchill made up his mind : ' I therefore advised the Cabinet ...
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... Command on military reasoning . There was no possibility that enough troops could be found for the command at the same time that Eighth Army built up for its own offensive . In reality , the command would be entirely dependent upon ...
... Command on military reasoning . There was no possibility that enough troops could be found for the command at the same time that Eighth Army built up for its own offensive . In reality , the command would be entirely dependent upon ...
Contents
The Swing of the Pendulum | 23 |
The Armies at El Alamein | 42 |
The Crucial Day | 69 |
Copyright | |
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13 Corps 15th Panzer Division 1st Armoured Division 21st Panzer Division 2nd Armoured Brigade 2nd New Zealand 30 Corps 90th Light Division 9th Armoured Brigade 9th Australian Division advance Afrika Korps Alamein ammunition anti-tank guns Armd Bde Army's artillery attack Auchinleck August Australian Infantry Axis Battalion battle bombers British armour Churchill command counterattack defences Deir el Shein Desert Air Force Division War Diary divisional Dorman O'Gowan Dorman-Smith Egypt Eighth Army Eisa El Alamein enemy fighting fire flank formations forward Freyberg front Gazala German tanks Gott Guingand Headquarters heavy ibid Infantry Brigade Italian July Lightfoot Lumsden Matruh Middle East minefield Miteiriya ridge Montgomery Morshead mounted NANZ night October offensive officers Operation orders Panzerarmee Panzerarmee Afrika positions Report Rommel Royal Tank Regiment Ruweisat ridge sector South African squadrons staff tactical Tel el Eisa Tobruk troops Wimberley yards Zealand Brigade Zealand Division
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Strategy for Victory: The Development of British Tactical Air Power, 1919-1943 David Ian Hall No preview available - 2008 |