Man of Valour: The Life of Field-Marshal the Viscount Gort, VC,GCB,DSO,MVO,MCCollins, 1972 - 285 Seiten |
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... Government of 1929 had not reduced in spite of their declared pacifist principles , was now out of the question . In 1931 and 1932 the army , like the country itself , lived on a shoestring and all that Gort could do was to maintain ...
... Government of 1929 had not reduced in spite of their declared pacifist principles , was now out of the question . In 1931 and 1932 the army , like the country itself , lived on a shoestring and all that Gort could do was to maintain ...
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... Government majority fell to eighty , a figure which was unacceptably low on account of the abstentions it revealed among Chamberlain's former supporters . The victory in the lobbies was unmistakably a defeat . During and after the ...
... Government majority fell to eighty , a figure which was unacceptably low on account of the abstentions it revealed among Chamberlain's former supporters . The victory in the lobbies was unmistakably a defeat . During and after the ...
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... Government , although late on the 26th Churchill had still been under the impression that the B.E.F. might despatch a column to relieve Calais . Indeed , Churchill continued to maintain that Gort missed an opportunity in not making a ...
... Government , although late on the 26th Churchill had still been under the impression that the B.E.F. might despatch a column to relieve Calais . Indeed , Churchill continued to maintain that Gort missed an opportunity in not making a ...
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Acknowledgements II | 9 |
Command In The Field | 27 |
Victoria Cross | 40 |
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1st Army Admiral advance aircraft allied Anthony Eden anti-aircraft appointed April armoured Army Council Arras arrived attack August battalion battle Belgian believed Billotte Blanchard bomb bombers Britain British army British Expeditionary Force Cabinet Canal Captain Chamberlain Chiefs of Staff Churchill Colonel command commander-in-chief Corps decided decision defence despatch Dill divisions Dunkirk duty Dyle East Cowes Castle enemy equipment Field Force Field-Marshal fighting flank France French army front Gamelin Georges German Gibraltar Gort wrote Gort's Government Grenadier Grenadier Guards guns headquarters Hitler Hore Belisha infantry Ironside Jacqueline King Lady Marjorie later Liddell Hart London Lord Gort Maginot Line Major-General Malta March military months Munster night offensive Office P. J. Grigg Palestine Panzers Paris political Pownall Prime Minister Scheldt Secretary sent September soldiers Somme Staff College tanks Territorial thought tion told troops Vereker War Office Weygand Ypres