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John Connell (1) (1909–1965)

Auteur de Wavell, scholar and soldier,

Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent John Connell, voyez la page de désambigüisation.

15 oeuvres 113 utilisateurs 2 critiques

Œuvres de John Connell

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Nom légal
Robertson, John Henry
Autres noms
Connell, John (pseudonym)
Date de naissance
1909
Date de décès
1965
Sexe
male

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Claude Auchinleck was a british Soldier of the Twentieth Century, and for a while Commander of the Eighth Army in the Middle East. John Connell's biography is extensively researched and well written. Mr. John H. Robertson used the pen name John Connell for this book and his biography of Archibald Wavell another Middle East commander. The pair retain status as the standard biographies of these soldiers. Auchinleck had a successful career in the Indian Army, and was chosen to succeed Wavell in North Africa in July 1941. He drove Rommell back to el-Ageilla, but his appointee Ritchie was not up to facing Rommell's counter attack. Having to weather a good deal of interference from Churchill, Auchinleck managed to stem the german attack at the First Battle of el-Alemain. However, he was replaced by Montgomery before el-Alemein II. Returning to India, Auchinleck supported Slim's rebuilding of the eventually successful Fourteenth army in Burma. He was still C-i-C India until the end of the Indian Empire in 1947.… (plus d'informations)
 
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DinadansFriend | Dec 10, 2022 |
A very good Biography of one of Britain's finest WWII soldiers. The man responsible for Defending Egypt, Conquering Ethiopia, and the successes in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. A great maker of bricks without a whisper of straw.
 
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DinadansFriend | Feb 10, 2019 |

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Œuvres
15
Membres
113
Popularité
#173,161
Évaluation
½ 3.3
Critiques
2
ISBN
89
Langues
3

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