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The Turn of the Tide, 1939-1943; A study based on the diaries and autobiographical notes of Field Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke (original 1957; édition 1957)
A different view of the war and of Winston Churchill. Close up details of the planning behind the allied forces and the difficulties of working with committees.
This is volume one. Covers the first part of WW II up to the invasion of Italy in the fall of 1943. two volume set (The follow up is Triumph In The West). Arthur Bryant presents an annotated version of the war diaries that Alan Brooke who was the chief of the imperial general staff (CIGS) for most of the war, wrote at the actual time the events occurred. Brooke (later Lord Alanbrooke) interacted with Churchill throughout the war, so as a bonus you get some wonderful glimpses and anecdotes. Sometimes Brooke was grumpy and frustrated, but in the end you get a portrait of a highly intelligent and able man, who could hold all the strings together and became a major part of the allied victory.
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My long experience in these matters had taught me that a Minister of Defence must work with and through responsible advisors - that is to say, war chiefs who can give effect to the decisions taken and are accountable for the results. WINSTON CHURCHILL
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To Alanbrooke, whose war diaries are the jewel for which this book is the setting
Premiers mots
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On the September night that saw the completion of Hitler's conquest of Poland, a British lieutenant-general, crossing from Southampton to Cherbourg, began to keep, for the wife to whom he had just bidden farewell, a private diary of his thoughts and experiences.
Prelude.
When on September 3rd, 1939, Britain, carrying with her a deeply-divided and hesitant France, met Hitler's invasion of Poland by war, the bulk of her Battle Fleet had been rearmed against air attack and the first of the great ships laid down in 1936 was within a year of completion.
Chapter one. Defenceless island.
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The Axis attack had been defeated, the initiative won, and the road to victory built.
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