E. D. Swinton (1868–1951)
Auteur de The Defence of Duffer's Drift
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Crédit image: Image from Tanks, 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer (1919) by Sir Albert Gerald Stern
Œuvres de E. D. Swinton
Eyewitness: Being Personal Reminiscences of Certain Phases of the Great War, Including the Genesis of the Tank… (2015) 4 exemplaires
The Great Tab Dope and Other Stories 3 exemplaires
Eye Witness’s Narrative of the War from the Marne to Neuve Chapelle 1 September, 1914-March 1915 [Illustrated… (2015) 3 exemplaires
A Year Ago: Eye-Witness's Narrative of the War from March 20th to July 18th, 1915 [Illustrated Edition] (2015) 2 exemplaires
A summer night's dream 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Swinton, Ernest Dunlop
- Autres noms
- Forethought, Lieutenant Backsight (pseudonym)
O'le Luk-Oie [Olaf shut-eye] (pseudonym) - Date de naissance
- 1868-10-21
- Date de décès
- 1951-01-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Professions
- soldier
author
professor - Organisations
- British Army
Royal Tank Corps - Courte biographie
- Major General Sir Earnest D. Swinton, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., was a noted English soldier, author and professor. Considered by Field Marshal Earl Wavell as one of the most far-sighted officers the British Army has produced, he wrote before World War I on the effects of air warfare, mining and of psychological warfare. In 1914, Sir Swinton completely revolutionized warfare by his invention of the tank; he, more than anyone else, was responsible for its introduction and development.
He served as Professor of Military Histoy at Oxford from 1925 to 1939, and later as Commandant of the Royal Tank Corps from 1934 to 1938 - earning the rank of Major General.
As a Captain, shortly after sevice in the Boer War, he wrote "The Defence of Duffer's Drift," using the pseudonym, Lieutenant Backsight Forethought, or BF. Duffer's Drift has become a military classic on minor tactics in this century. In addition to Duffer's Drift, and contributing to many journals, he authored The Green Curve in 1909 and The Great Tab Dope in 1915, under the pseudonym O'le Luk-Oie (Olaf shut-eye). His other works include The Study Of War in 1926 and his final publication, An Eastern Odyssey written in 1935.
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