Author: Cyril Nelson BarclayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The London Scottish in the Second World War, 1939-1945
Author: Cyril Nelson BarclayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The London Scottish in the Second World War-1939 to 1945 ... Edited by Brigadier C. N. Barclay, Etc. [With Plates and Maps.].
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Author: Cyril Nelson BARCLAYPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The Battle Honours of the Second World War 1939-1945 and Korea 1950-1953
Author: Compiled from official recordsPublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781513791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In February 1925 the War Office published an Army Order listing the battle honours awarded for the Great War, and although this was announced as the final list there were subsequent revisions and minor amendments. No such list was published after WWII but an (unofficial?) Record was published in 1958 by the War Office, with a limited distribution, which included the Korean War battle honours, and this is that list with 651 actions. This Record covers only British, including British Gurkha, Regiments and Colonial Regiments. In most cases there is a brief summary of the operations with an indication of the troops involved and these include Commonwealth troops though the question of their Battle Honours is one for the Commonwealth Government concerned and the Sovereign. There were a good many errors in the list, typographical, grammatical, misspelling of place names, dates and order of battle. In some cases there was confusion between those battle honours which were selected to be carried on the Colours and those which were simply awarded. Strange new regiments appeared:- Highlanders Light Infantry (a persistent favourite), King's Own Yeomanry Light Infantry, the K.A.R.R.R.C, London Irish Fusiliers, London Irish Buffs, Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment (an unauthorised ‘Queen’s Own’), and the Royal West King Regiment, to name some of them. Place names also caused some trouble and in some of the brief descriptions of the engagements or actions there were order of battle mistakes such as the confusion between the 12th Frontier Force Regiment and 13th Frontier Force Rifles, two different regiments of the old Indian Army. The index contained scores of place names that had nothing to do with anything, this has been pruned drastically so that it contains only those places for which a battle honour was awarded. Every effort has been made to eliminate errors and present a corrected version and a number of sources was used the most important of which was H.C.B.Cook’s The Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1662-1982, a magnificent piece of work. Other valuable works included: Orders of BattleSecond World War 1939-1945 H.F.Joslen; Commonwealth Divisions 1939-1945 Malcolm A.Bellis; A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army Arthur Swinson; Regiments and Corps of the British Army Ian S.Hallows and Handbook of British Regiments Christopher Chant.
Britain's Railways in the Second World War
Author: Michael FoleyPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526772299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A fascinating account of the British Railways system’s vital role in the defense of the country and support of the Allied forces during WWII. The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. The ‘Big Four’ companies put aside differences and worked together for the war effort. The logistics of transporting troops during the evacuation of Dunkirk and the preparations for D-Day were unprecedented. Meanwhile, they had to cope with the new and constant threat of aerial bombing. As a result, the railway system effectively served as another branch of the military. At the end of the war, Winston Churchill likened London to a large animal, declaring that what kept the animal alive was its transport system. The metaphor could have been applied to the whole of Britain, and its most vital transport system was the railway. This book brings to light the often-forgotten stories of the brave men and women who went to work on the railways and put their lives on the line.
A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army
Author: Arthur S. WhitePublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 178150539X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
The Era of World War II
Author: Louise A. Arnold-FriendPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
World War II: Books in English, 1945-65
Author: Janet ZieglerPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Armies of Empire
Author: Allan ConversePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521194806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This book uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies in WWII.
The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of World War II
Author: Marina MacKayPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521887550
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
An overview of writing about the war from a global perspective, aimed at students of modern literature.
Ubique
Author: Richard DohertyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750979313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
In Richard Doherty's latest book he looks at the wide-ranging role of the Royal Artillery (RA) during the Second World War, examining its state of preparedness in 1939, the many developments that were introduced during the War, including aerial observation and self-propelled artillery, the growth of the regiment and its effectiveness in its many roles. It is illustrated with stories of the actions of individuals from members of gun detachments to general officers. During the Second World War the Germans assessed the Royal Artillery as the most professional arm of the British Army. British gunners were accurate, effective and efficient and provided fire support for their armoured and infantry colleagues that was better than that in any other army. It is often claimed that British artillery came into its own after the Battle of El Alamein in late 1942. In the opening bombardment of Operation Lightfoot, the massed artillery of the Eighth Army hammered Axis positions and severely damaged the enemy artillery's ability to react. But this was not the first occasion on which the Eighth Army had massed its artillery: it had done so with 200 guns along the Alamein Line in July, and the effectiveness had long been recognised. In fact, the power of a concentrated shoot had been shown by one gunner regiment during the May 1940 Dunkirk campaign. However, the RA provided much more than field and medium artillery battlefield support. Gunner regiments manned anti-tank guns on the frontline and light anti-aircraft guns in divisional regiments to defend against air attack at home and abroad. The RA also helped to protect convoys that brought essential supplies to Britain, and AA gunners had their finest hour when they destroyed the majority of the V-1 flying bombs launched against Britain from June 1944.