The British Army In War
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The British Army At War
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Author : Frank Fox
language : en
Publisher: London, Unwin
Release Date : 1917
The British Army At War written by Frank Fox and has been published by London, Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with England Army History categories.
Big Wars And Small Wars
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Author : Hew Strachan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-27
Big Wars And Small Wars written by Hew Strachan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-27 with History categories.
This is a fascinating new insight into the British army and its evolution through both large and small scale conflicts. To prepare for future wars, armies derive lessons from past wars. However, some armies are defeated because they learnt the wrong lessons, fighting new conflicts in ways appropriate to the last. For the British Army in the twentieth century, the challenge has been particularly great. It has never had the luxury of emerging from one major European war with the time to prepare itself for the next. The leading military historians show how ongoing commitments to a range of ‘small wars’ have always been part of the Army’s experience. After 1902 and after 1918 they included colonial campaigns, but they also developed into what we would now call counter-insurgency operations, and these became the norm between 1945 and 1969. During the height of the Cold War, in 1982, the Army was deployed to the Falklands. Since 1990 the dominant tasks of the Army have been peace support operations. This is an excellent resource for all students and scholars of military history, politics and international relations and British history.
Supplying The British Army In The First World War
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Author : Janet Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-09-30
Supplying The British Army In The First World War written by Janet Macdonald and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-30 with History categories.
An in-depth look at the logistics of keeping the British Army fed, clothed, armed, and supplied during World War I. Napoleon famously said that an army marches on its stomach, but it also marches in its boots and its uniforms, carrying or driving its weapons and other equipment, and all this material has to be ordered from headquarters, produced and delivered. Janet Macdonald’s detailed and scholarly new study explains how this enormously complex task of organization and labour was carried out by the British army during the First World War. She describes the personnel who performed these tasks, from the government and military command in London to those who handled the items in the field. They were responsible for clothing, accommodation, medicine, transport, hand weapons, armament, and communications—a vast logistical network that had evolved to keep millions of men in the field. This meticulously researched account of this important subject—one which has hitherto been neglected by military historians—will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is interested in the modern British army, in particular in its organization and performance in the First World War.
Raising Churchill S Army
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Author : David French
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2001-07-05
Raising Churchill S Army written by David French and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-05 with History categories.
This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles thorugh the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British strategy in the interwar period and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. In the first half of the Second World War the army did suffer from manifold weaknesses, not just in the form of shortages of equipment, but also in the way in which it applied its doctrine. Few soldiers were actively eager to close with the enemy, but the morale of the army never collapsed and its combat capability steadily improved from 1942 onwards. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes that most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quite different from Haig in the First World War.
The Story Of The British Army
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Author : Charles Cooper King
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-29
The Story Of The British Army written by Charles Cooper King and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-29 with History categories.
"The Story of the British Army" by Charles Cooper King is a comprehensive exploration of the history and evolution of one of the world's most renowned military institutions. King's meticulous research and engaging storytelling provide readers with a deeper understanding of the British Army's role in shaping the course of history. This book is a must-read for history enthusiasts and anyone interested in the military history of the United Kingdom.
Browned Off And Bloody Minded
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Author : Alan Allport
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-01
Browned Off And Bloody Minded written by Alan Allport and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-01 with History categories.
More than three-and-a-half million men served in the British Army during the Second World War, the vast majority of them civilians who had never expected to become soldiers and had little idea what military life, with all its strange rituals, discomforts, and dangers, was going to be like. Alan Allport’s rich and luminous social history examines the experience of the greatest and most terrible war in history from the perspective of these ordinary, extraordinary men, who were plucked from their peacetime families and workplaces and sent to fight for King and Country. Allport chronicles the huge diversity of their wartime trajectories, tracing how soldiers responded to and were shaped by their years with the British Army, and how that army, however reluctantly, had to accommodate itself to them. Touching on issues of class, sex, crime, trauma, and national identity, through a colorful multitude of fresh individual perspectives, the book provides an enlightening, deeply moving perspective on how a generation of very modern-minded young men responded to the challenges of a brutal and disorienting conflict.
The Nine Years War And The British Army 1688 1697
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Author : John Charles Roger Childs
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1991
The Nine Years War And The British Army 1688 1697 written by John Charles Roger Childs and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Benelux countries categories.
This is a description of how the Nine Years War affected the British Army, both in its actual operations in the theatre of war and in its size, operative capacity and costs. This war brought about radical changes in the sizes and the associated costs of the armies of Britain, France, Austria and the United Provinces in a relatively short period. For example, the size of field armies grew from an average of about 25,000 men during the Thirty Years' War to an average of about 100,000 men in 1695 during the Nine Years War. The costs of sustaining such huge field forces in terms of food, equipment and pay brought Britain and France, in particular, fiscal crisis and a shattered economy respectively, after the peace.
A Brief History Of The British Army
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Author : John Lewis-Stempel
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-05-26
A Brief History Of The British Army written by John Lewis-Stempel and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-26 with History categories.
The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of dogged determination and drunken disorder. It involves many of the most vital preoccupations in the history of the island - the struggle against Continental domination by a single power, the battle for Empire - and a cast pf remarkable characters - Marlborough, Wellington and Montgomery among them. Yet the British, relying on their navy, have always neglected their army; from the time of Alfred the Great to the reign of Charles II wars were fought with hired forces disbanded as soon as conflict ended. Even after the stuggles with Louis XIV impelled the formation of a reulgar army, impecunious governments neglected the armed forces except in times of national emergency. In this wide-ranging account, Major Haswell sketches the medieval background before concentrating on the three hundred years of the regular army, leading up to its role in our own time. He presents an informed and probing picture of the organization of the army, the development of weaponry and strategy - and the everyday life of the British soldier through the centuries. John Lewis-Stempel has brought Major Haswell's classic work right up to date by expanding the section on the dissolution of empire to include a full account of Northern Ireland and the Falklands War. He has added a new chapter to cover the Gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq; also the increasing role of special forces and the amalgamation of regiments.
The Army Book For The British Empire
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Author : William Howley Goodenough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
The Army Book For The British Empire written by William Howley Goodenough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Great Britain categories.
Oversigt over Det Britiske Imperiums hærstyrker omkring 1890'erne, deres udvikling, organisation, garnisonering og opgaver under fredsforhold og under krig
The Second World War Through Soldiers Eyes
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Author : James Goulty
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-07-31
The Second World War Through Soldiers Eyes written by James Goulty and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-31 with History categories.
'What was it really like to serve in the British Army during the Second World War?Discover a soldier's view of life in the British Army from recruitment and training to the brutal realities of combat. Using first-hand sources, James Goulty reconstructs the experiences of the men and women who made up the 'citizen's army'. Find out about the weapons and equipment they used; the uniforms they wore; how they adjusted to army discipline and faced the challenges of active service overseas.What happened when things went wrong? What were your chances of survival if you were injured in combat or taken prisoner? While they didn't go into combat, thousands of women also served in the British Army with the ATS or as nurses. What were their wartime lives like? And, when the war had finally ended, how did newly demobilised soldiers and servicewomen cope with returning home?The British Army that emerged victorious in 1945 was vastly different from the poorly funded force of 865,000 men who heard Neville Chamberlain declare war in 1939. With an influx of civilian volunteers and conscripts, the army became a citizens force and its character and size were transformed. By D-Day Britain had a well-equipped, disciplined army of over three million men and women and during the war they served in a diverse range of places across the world. This book uncovers some of their stories and gives a fascinating insight into the realities of army life in wartime.