Man of Valour: The Life of Field-Marshal the Viscount Gort, VC,GCB,DSO,MVO,MCCollins, 1972 - 285 Seiten |
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... Once again , as at Arras , early success was not exploited . By fatal hesitation , the cavalry lost the one great opportunity that was given them in France during the whole war . The tank crews were tired out , but the gap was open wide ...
... Once again , as at Arras , early success was not exploited . By fatal hesitation , the cavalry lost the one great opportunity that was given them in France during the whole war . The tank crews were tired out , but the gap was open wide ...
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... once explained to General Sir John Kennedy , was simple : if one lost one's way , one just flew on ; something recognisable was bound to turn up sooner or later . All the same he was elected chairman of the Household Brigade Flying Club ...
... once explained to General Sir John Kennedy , was simple : if one lost one's way , one just flew on ; something recognisable was bound to turn up sooner or later . All the same he was elected chairman of the Household Brigade Flying Club ...
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... once lacking in tact hinted that the B.E.F. was being criticised in London for in- activity ; and as if all this were not enough , Gort received a copy of a querulous telegram from Reynaud to Churchill , complaining that the withdrawal ...
... once lacking in tact hinted that the B.E.F. was being criticised in London for in- activity ; and as if all this were not enough , Gort received a copy of a querulous telegram from Reynaud to Churchill , complaining that the withdrawal ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgements | 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 proposal Scheldt Secretary sent September soldiers Somme Staff College tanks Territorial thought tion told troops Vereker War Office Weygand Ypres