Man of Valour: The Life of Field-Marshal the Viscount Gort, VC,GCB,DSO,MVO,MCCollins, 1972 - 285 Seiten |
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... defence of the British Isles and the overseas empire , a defence which depended primarily on the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force . The rapid development of air power was admittedly disturbing and even the most placid recognised that ...
... defence of the British Isles and the overseas empire , a defence which depended primarily on the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force . The rapid development of air power was admittedly disturbing and even the most placid recognised that ...
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... Defence of Great Britain has been over - stressed in relation to our other vital commitments . " There had been no switch of industrial output to defence requirements and Gort complained that the factories producing munitions were only ...
... Defence of Great Britain has been over - stressed in relation to our other vital commitments . " There had been no switch of industrial output to defence requirements and Gort complained that the factories producing munitions were only ...
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... defence of a perimeter round Dunkirk . The French 1st Army , fighting under Prioux's inspired leadership better than it had ever fought , withstood an assault in the south . The flanks were valiantly held . To the west , the southern ...
... defence of a perimeter round Dunkirk . The French 1st Army , fighting under Prioux's inspired leadership better than it had ever fought , withstood an assault in the south . The flanks were valiantly held . To the west , the southern ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgements II | 9 |
Command In The Field | 27 |
Victoria Cross | 40 |
Urheberrecht | |
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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