Auchinleck

Author : Philip Warner
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783832729

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Auchinleck by Philip Warner Pdf

Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck was born in India and raised in conditions of near poverty. Yet his talent ensured his career flourished despite his Indian Army background and he was the first Commander of 8th Army in North Africa. Despite great political interference, he stopped Rommel's Afrika Corps at 1st Alamein only to be sacked by Churchill. After a spell in the wilderness he became C in C India during the dark period of Partition and, ironically, had to preside over the destruction of his beloved Indian Army. A private man of great humour and integrity he refused to be drawn into discussing or criticising his tormentors be they Churchill, Montgomery or Mountbatten. He always argued that history would be his judge. This is a super piece of military biography by one of the most respected post war military historians.

Author : Susanna Fein
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781903153659

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The Auchinleck Manuscript by Susanna Fein Pdf

Fresh examinations of the manuscript which is one of the chief compendiums of literature in the Middle English period.

Author : Evan McGilvray
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526716132

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Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck by Evan McGilvray Pdf

Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck is a study not only of the individual but also of how the British Army, Indian Army and the Empire were transformed during his long military career. Auchinleck was commissioned into the Indian Army from 1904 and served with distinction against the Turks in Egypt and the Mesopotamian campaign, earning a DSO. Between the wars he was involved in the pacification of the Northwest Frontier (now Pakistan). In the Second World War he briefly led a division in the ill-fated Norway campaign before being appointed Commander-in-Chief, India. He is best remembered for his controversial stint in command in North Africa, where he replaced Wavell in July 1941. He halted Rommel at the First Battle of El Alamein but was then replaced by Montgomery and resumed as C-in-C India, where his logistical support for Fourteenth Army was vital to success in Burma. Post-war he planned and oversaw Partition and British withdrawal from India. Here, as in North Africa, interference from his political masters added to the burdens of command. Evan McGilvray appraises Auchinleck’s long and varied career in its entirety.

Author : Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry Earl of Belmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
ISBN : WISC:89095854543

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The History of the Corry Family of Castlecoole by Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry Earl of Belmore Pdf

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000690590

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Fighting Rommel by Kaushik Roy Pdf

Fighting Rommel examines how and why some armies innovate under pressure while others do not. Focusing on the learning culture of the British Imperial Forces, it looks at the Allied campaign during the Second World War against the Afrika Korps of Rommel. The volume highlights the hitherto unexplored yet key role of the British Indian Army, the largest volunteer force in the world. It also introduces ‘learning culture’ as a heuristic device. Further, it goes on to analyze military innovation on the battlefield, in victory and defeat. A major intervention in the study of the Second World War, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of military history, especially British and German, battlefield history, and defence and strategic studies.

Author : John Connell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942
ISBN : UOM:39015031904611

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Auchinleck by John Connell Pdf

Biografi over den britiske øverstkommanderende i Indien og Ægypten, general Auchinleck, der i 1946 blev forfremmet til feltmarskal

Author : George Chalmers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Scotland
ISBN : HARVARD:32044005448444

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Caledonia, Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain from the Most Ancient to the Present Times by George Chalmers Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Voting registers
ISBN : NLS:B000163095

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Voters in South Ayrshire, 1873-74 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alexander Greenwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015019565913

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Field-Marshal Auchinleck by Alexander Greenwood Pdf

Author : Tom Lansford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216042693

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Afghanistan at War by Tom Lansford Pdf

Covering wars and conflicts of Afghanistan from the modern founding of the country in the 1700s to the contemporary struggle with the Taliban, this single-volume reference analyzes the causes and results of Afghanistan's wars and examines leading political and military figures, weapons, and tactics. Afghanistan has been embroiled in war and conflict throughout the latter part of the 20th century as well as the current millennium, but due to its location at the crossroads of Central Asia, Afghanistan has also endured repeated conquests throughout its turbulent earlier times. Examining Afghanistan's long military history through this book will enable readers to grasp the wider sociopolitical history of the country; appreciate the impact of these wars on Southwest Asia and superpowers such as Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States; and understand why Afghanistan remains a controversial battleground today. The alphabetically organized entries examine the major wars and conflicts of Afghanistan from the modern founding of the country during the Durrani Dynasty in the 1700s through the contemporary struggle with the Taliban. The book spotlights the role of key individuals in starting, pursuing, or ending conflicts, as well as their broader contributions to—or negative impact on—Afghanistan and the international arena. The work also presents essays that examine key subtopics such as weapons, tactics, ethnic groups, religion, and foreign relations. This allows the reader—whether a student, scholar, or member of a nonacademic audience—to examine a topic in depth and see how the event, figure, or movement fits into the broader history of Afghanistan.

Author : Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044089404131

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A Catalogue of Graduates who Have Proceeded to Degrees in the University of Dublin by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) Pdf

Author : Brian Murdoch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191569807

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The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe by Brian Murdoch Pdf

What happened to Adam and Eve after their expulsion from paradise? Where the biblical narrative fell silent apocryphal writings took up this intriguing question, notably including the Early Christian Latin text, the Life of Adam and Eve. This account describes the (failed) attempt of the couple to return to paradise by fasting whilst immersed in a river, and explores how they coped with new experiences such as childbirth and death. Brian Murdoch guides the reader through the many variant versions of the Life, demonstrating how it was also adapted into most western and some eastern European languages in the Middle Ages and beyond, constantly developing and changing along the way. The study considers this development of the apocryphal texts whilst presenting a fascinating insight into the flourishing medieval tradition of Adam and Eve. A tradition that the Reformation would largely curtail, stories from the Life were celebrated in European prose, verse and drama in many different languages from Irish to Russian.

Author : Raymond Callahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015069315862

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Churchill & His Generals by Raymond Callahan Pdf

On the eve of World War II, the British army was more an international police force than a combat ready fighting force. This book examines its transformation in a look at Great Britain's top commanders in the field.

Author : John Keegan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134509638

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Who's Who in World War II by John Keegan Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Elaine Treharne,Greg Walker
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191572593

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The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English by Elaine Treharne,Greg Walker Pdf

The study of medieval literature has experienced a revolution in the last two decades, which has reinvigorated many parts of the discipline and changed the shape of the subject in relation to the scholarship of the previous generation. 'New' texts (laws and penitentials, women's writing, drama records), innovative fields and objects of study (the history of the book, the study of space and the body, medieval masculinities), and original ways of studying them (the Sociology of the Text, performance studies) have emerged. This has brought fresh vigour and impetus to medieval studies, and impacted significantly on cognate periods and areas. The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English brings together the insights of these new fields and approaches with those of more familiar texts and methods of study, to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of medieval literature today. It also returns to first principles in posing fundamental questions about the nature, scope, and significance of the discipline, and the directions that it might take in the next decade. The Handbook contains 44 newly commissioned essays from both world-leading scholars and exciting new scholarly voices. Topics covered range from the canonical genres of Saints' lives, sermons, romance, lyric poetry, and heroic poetry; major themes including monstrosity and marginality, patronage and literary politics, manuscript studies and vernacularity are investigated; and there are close readings of key texts, such as Beowulf, Wulf and Eadwacer, and Ancrene Wisse and key authors from Ælfric to Geoffrey Chaucer, Langland, and the Gawain Poet.