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Auteur(s) : Buckley, John D.
Titre(s) : Monty's men [Texte imprimé] : the British Army and the liberation of Europe / John Buckley
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) : Yale University Press, copyright 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-370 p., [16] p. de pl.) : maps ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [338]-352. Index
"Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces
during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match
for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and troops
across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches
to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley's provocative history
demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war
machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe
in the war's final years features a large cast of colorful unknowns and grand historical
personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister,
Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts,
it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting long-held misconceptions finally
to rest"
Sujet(s) : Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law (1887-1976)
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations militaires -- Front occidental
Grande-Bretagne. Army -- 1939-1945 (Guerre mondiale)
Indice(s) Dewey :
940.534 1 (23e éd.) = Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Participation des Îles britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300134490 (erroné). - ISBN 0300134495 (erroné). - ISBN 9780300205343 (br.).
- ISBN 0300205341 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46859489k
Notice n° :
FRBNF46859489
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Machine generated contents note:1.. Introduction -- The Test of Time -- ; 2.. Preparation
-- The Road to D-Day -- ; 3.. Bridgehead -- The First Step to Liberation -- ; 4..
Caen -- The Cauldron -- ; 5.. Stalemate? -- Frustration in Normandy -- ; 6.. Breakout
-- Victory in Normandy -- ; 7.. Pursuit -- The Race to the Frontier -- ; 8.. Arnhem
-- Conceptual Failure -- ; 9.. Winter -- Frustration and Anxiety -- ; 10.. Victory
-- The Rhine to the Baltic -- ; 11.. Retrospective.
