Man of Valour: The Life of Field-Marshal the Viscount Gort, VC,GCB,DSO,MVO,MCCollins, 1972 - 285 Seiten |
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... Pownall tried his hand but equally failed to find favour . Finally , Hore Belisha and Liddell Hart between them produced a shorter and more persuasive document which was privately greeted by Gort , Pownall and Dill , now commanding at ...
... Pownall tried his hand but equally failed to find favour . Finally , Hore Belisha and Liddell Hart between them produced a shorter and more persuasive document which was privately greeted by Gort , Pownall and Dill , now commanding at ...
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... Pownall , his advice had from the start of the affair been to show and exercise moderation . Doubts were cast on his veracity and the infuriated Pownall wrote in his diary : " The fact is that he is a plumb - honest straight- forward ...
... Pownall , his advice had from the start of the affair been to show and exercise moderation . Doubts were cast on his veracity and the infuriated Pownall wrote in his diary : " The fact is that he is a plumb - honest straight- forward ...
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... Pownall to telephone to the War Office and inform the Director of Military Operations that in the end the only course open to the B.E.F. might well be to evacuate from Dunkirk . Pownall carried out these instructions at 11.30 a.m. on ...
... Pownall to telephone to the War Office and inform the Director of Military Operations that in the end the only course open to the B.E.F. might well be to evacuate from Dunkirk . Pownall carried out these instructions at 11.30 a.m. on ...
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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