The British Army 1939 45 3

Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472804525

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The British Army 1939–45 (3) by Martin Brayley Pdf

The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that units supplied from the air could operate deep behind enemy lines. In 1944 General Slim's troops decisively smashed Japan's last offensive at Imphal and Kohima; and over the next year they drove the enemy relentlessly back through Burma, reducing them to starving fugitives by the final victory in August 1945. This concise summary of Britain's Far East campaigns is illustrated with many rare photographs, and eight detailed colour plates.

Author : Martin J. Brayley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:471535542

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The British Army 1939-45 by Martin J. Brayley Pdf

Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1841762385

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The British Army 1939–45 (3) by Martin Brayley Pdf

The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that units supplied from the air could operate deep behind enemy lines. In 1944 General Slim's troops decisively smashed Japan's last offensive at Imphal and Kohima; and over the next year they drove the enemy relentlessly back through Burma, reducing them to starving fugitives by the final victory in August 1945. This concise summary of Britain's Far East campaigns of World War II is illustrated with many rare photographs, and eight detailed colour plates.

Author : George Forty
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750951395

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Companion to the British Army by George Forty Pdf

To encapsulate the British Army in one book is no easy task, but here, George Forty presents it as it was during the Second World War. When war was declared in 1939, the British Army was very much the 'Cinderella' of the three armed services, with a total strength of around 865,000 men. However, just four years later when the Allies invaded north-west Europe, the British Army had grown into a powerful, well-organised and well-equipped fighting force of 3 million men and women. George Forty presents a comprehensive overview of the British Army during this important time. He includes full details of mobilisation and training, higher organisation and arms of the service; divisional organisations and non-divisional units; HQs and Staff; the combat arms and the services; the individual soldier, his weapons and equipment; tactics; vehicle markings and camouflage; the Auxiliary Territorial Service and other Women's Corps. Fully illustrated with an unusual collection of photographs and line illustrations, this is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in this fascinating period of British history.

Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780964454

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The British Army 1939–45 (2) by Martin Brayley Pdf

The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Persia in the east, and from Greece south to the Gulf of Aden. In 1940-43 this was the only arena where the British Army could take the ground war to the German Wehrmacht; it saw a succession of setbacks and triumphs, until spring 1945 found the 8th Army victorious in northern Italy. A summary of these campaigns is illustrated by photographs, and detailed colour plates of the wide range of uniforms worn in the varied conditions of this huge theatre of war.

Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780964478

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The British Army 1939–45 (2) by Martin Brayley Pdf

The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Persia in the east, and from Greece south to the Gulf of Aden. In 1940-43 this was the only arena where the British Army could take the ground war to the German Wehrmacht; it saw a succession of setbacks and triumphs, until spring 1945 found the 8th Army victorious in northern Italy. A summary of these campaigns is illustrated by photographs, and detailed colour plates of the wide range of uniforms worn in the varied conditions of this huge theatre of war.

Author : M. Bellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0854201246

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Regiments of the British Army, 1939-45 by M. Bellis Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:86059655

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Brigades of the British Army 1939-45 by Anonim Pdf

Author : G L D Alderson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780752490069

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Cap-badges of the British Army by G L D Alderson Pdf

The British Army has always set great store by its cap badges, which , in miniature, encapsulated the history and traditions of the units that wore them. They were worn with pride by the County regiments (that formed the bulk of the infantry) throughout the two world wars.Here is a comprehensive illustrated collection of the cap badges of the Second World War, the images taken from the author’s own collection. The commentary on each badge explains the joining together of battalions as the war progressed and a regimental index makes finding the badges easy. This is a complex subject clarified in one volume for the first time.

Author : Jeremy A. Crang
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0719047412

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The British Army and the People's War, 1939-1945 by Jeremy A. Crang Pdf

During the Second World War the British army absorbed approximately three million new recruits, the majority of whom were conscripts. Drawn from all occupational groups and social classes, the military authorities were confronted with the task of molding these civilians in uniform into an effective fighting force. This book analyzes the impact of this process of integration on the army as a social institution. Exploring such aspects of the army’s social organization as other rank selection, officer selection, officer promotion, officer-man relations, the soldier’s working life, army welfare, and army education, it assesses the ways in which the army changed in relation to its new intake, what the extent of any change that took place actually was, and how different the army of 1945 was to that of 1939.

Author : George Forty
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0750931906

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British Army Handbook 1939-1945 by George Forty Pdf

To encapsulate the British Army in one book is no easy task, but here, George Forty presents it as it was during the Second World War. When war was declared in 1939, the British Army was very much the 'Cinderella' of the three armed services with a total strength of around 865,000 men. However, just four years later when the Allies invaded North West Europe, the British Army had grown into a powerful, well-organized and well-equipped fighting force of three million men and women. George Forty here presents a comprehensive overview of the British Army during this important time. It has full details of mobilization and training, higher organization and arms of the service; divisional organizations and non-divisional units; HQs and Staff; the combat arms and the services; the individual soldier, his weapons and equipment based on that used in 1944; tactics; weapons, vehicles and equipment; vehicle markings and camouflage; the ATS and other Women's Corps. Fully illustrated with an unusual collection of photographs and line illustrations, this is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in this fascinating period of British history.

Author : Malcolm A. Bellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0854209999

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Regiments of the British Army 1939 by Malcolm A. Bellis Pdf

Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472804532

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The British Army 1939–45 (1) by Martin Brayley Pdf

The Second World War was Britain's last conflict as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it demanded the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the 'Tommy' from pre-war mobilization, through the years of defeat and endurance, to D-Day and the long fighting advance to Northern Germany. The book also includes a campaign summary, infantry organization tables, lists of arms and services and basic specifications of a number of heavy weapons.

Author : Douglas E. Delaney
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774820929

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Corps Commanders by Douglas E. Delaney Pdf

Corps Commanders examines how five strikingly dissimilar British and Canadian generals fought battles and fit into the British Empire armies of the Second World War. The three Canadians controlled British formations and served under British army commanders, and the two Britons worked for and led Canadians as well. Such inter-army adjustments were fairly simple because all Anglo-Canadian commanders and staffs spoke the military language of the Camberley and Quetta staff colleges. Gunners from Montreal understood guardsmen from London – no small advantage when coordinating coalition battles involving thousands of troops. Delaney’s book offers invaluable insight into interoperability and how men animate armies in war.

Author : David French
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198206415

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Raising Churchill's Army by David French Pdf

This is the first detailed analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles through the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. Few soldiers were actively eager to close with the enemy, but the morale of the army never collapsed and its combat capability steadily improved from 1942 onwards.