Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck
Title | Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck PDF eBook |
Author | Evan McGilvray |
Publisher | Pen and Sword Military |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2020-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1526716135 |
Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck is a study not only of the individual but also of how the British Army, Indian Army and the Empire were transformed during his long military career. Auchinleck was commissioned into the Indian Army from 1904 and served with distinction against the Turks in Egypt and the Mesopotamian campaign, earning a DSO. Between the wars he was involved in the pacification of the Northwest Frontier (now Pakistan). In the Second World War he briefly led a division in the ill-fated Norway campaign before being appointed Commander-in-Chief, India. He is best remembered for his controversial stint in command in North Africa, where he replaced Wavell in July 1941. He halted Rommel at the First Battle of El Alamein but was then replaced by Montgomery and resumed as C-in-C India, where his logistical support for Fourteenth Army was vital to success in Burma. Post-war he planned and oversaw Partition and British withdrawal from India. Here, as in North Africa, interference from his political masters added to the burdens of command. Evan McGilvray appraises Auchinlecks long and varied career in its entirety.
Auchinleck
Title | Auchinleck PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Warner |
Publisher | Casemate Publishers |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2006-06-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 178383272X |
Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck was born in India and raised in conditions of near poverty. Yet his talent ensured his career flourished despite his Indian Army background and he was the first Commander of 8th Army in North Africa. Despite great political interference, he stopped Rommel's Afrika Corps at 1st Alamein only to be sacked by Churchill. After a spell in the wilderness he became C in C India during the dark period of Partition and, ironically, had to preside over the destruction of his beloved Indian Army. A private man of great humour and integrity he refused to be drawn into discussing or criticising his tormentors be they Churchill, Montgomery or Mountbatten. He always argued that history would be his judge. This is a super piece of military biography by one of the most respected post war military historians.
Strategy and Command
Title | Strategy and Command PDF eBook |
Author | David Horner |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2021-10-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1009079581 |
In Strategy and Command, David Horner provides an important insight into the strategic decisions and military commanders who shaped Australia's army history from the Boer War to the evolution of the command structure for the Australian Defence Force in the 2000s. He examines strategic decisions such as whether to go to war, the nature of the forces to be committed to the war, where the forces should be deployed and when to reduce the Australian commitment. The book also recounts decisions made by commanders at the highest level, which are passed on to those at the operational level, who are then required to produce their own plans to achieve the government's aims through military operations. Strategy and Command is a compilation of research and writing on military history by one of Australia's pre-eminent military historians. It is a crucial read for anyone interested in Australia's involvement in 20th-century wars.
Auchinleck
Title | Auchinleck PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Warner |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2006-06-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1844153843 |
Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck was born in India and raised in conditions of near poverty. Yet his talent ensured his career flourished despite his Indian Army background and he was the first Commander of 8th Army in North Africa. Despite great political interference, he stopped Rommel's Afrika Corps at 1st Alamein only to be sacked by Churchill. After a spell in the wilderness he became C in C India during the dark period of Partition and, ironically, had to preside over the destruction of his beloved Indian Army. A private man of great humour and integrity he refused to be drawn into discussing or criticising his tormentors be they Churchill, Montgomery or Mountbatten. He always argued that history would be his judge. This is a super piece of military biography by one of the most respected post war military historians.
Auchinleck
Title | Auchinleck PDF eBook |
Author | John Connell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1020 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | AUCHINLECK CLAUDE SIR. |
ISBN |
Biografi over den britiske øverstkommanderende i Indien og Ægypten, general Auchinleck, der i 1946 blev forfremmet til feltmarskal
Auchinleck
Title | Auchinleck PDF eBook |
Author | John Connell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1032 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | AUCHINLECK CLAUDE SIR. |
ISBN |
Biografi over den britiske øverstkommanderende i Indien og Ægypten, general Auchinleck, der i 1946 blev forfremmet til feltmarskal
Auchinleck's Command
Title | Auchinleck's Command PDF eBook |
Author | Barrie Pitt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2019-10-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781702314855 |
The Crucible of War Book 2 'Comes as close as any work yet published to being a definitive account of the battles between German and Allied armies in the Sahara.' Financial Times The Crucible of War is Barrie Pitt's definitive and much-acclaimed history of the Desert War. Pitt reconstructs one of the most dramatic theatres of the Second World War, drawing together every aspect of an epic campaign fought across 3000 miles of desolate and inhospitable terrain. Each volume in the series centres upon a decisive event in the Desert War, taking the reader from the outbreak of fighting in 1940 to El Alamein, the greatest breakthrough in the struggle against the Axis. Volume Two of The Crucible of War trilogy covers General Auchinleck's command - a period of disaster and defeat for the British Army, driven back towards Cairo by the Africa Korps under the tactical genius of Rommel. The book ends however with the replacing of Auchinleck by Montgomery in August 1942. Auchinleck's Command is essential reading for anyone interested in WW2, the British Army (it's strengths and weaknesses) and military leadership. 'A magnificent marriage of absolute accuracy and the writing of a novelist. He makes military history live as no other contemporary author does." Manchester Evening News Barrie Pitt (1918-2006) was well known as a military historian and editor of Purnell's History of the Second World War and History of the First World War. His publications include Coronel and Falkland, Churchill and the Generals and The Crucible of War, a trilogy covering the North African campaign of the Second World War. He was born in Galway and later lived near Ilminster in Somerset.