Fighting the people's war : the British and Commonwealth armies and the Second World War / Jonathan Fennell.
Series: Armies of the Second World War (Cambridge (England)): Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: xxxii, 932 pages : illustrations, maps.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107030954.Subject(s): Great Britain. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns | Soldiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Soldiers -- Commonwealth countries -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects | Social change -- History -- 20th century | Commonwealth countries -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 940.541241Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.541241 FEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016766 |
Part I. The military and political context -- Interwar -- Mobilisation -- Part II. The great crisis of empire -- Defeat in the west -- The middle east -- The far east -- The great imperial morale crisis -- Part III. Transformation -- Victory in North Africa -- New Guinea and Burma -- Part IV. The limits of attrition -- The mediterranean -- Remobilisation? -- Cassino -- Transformation in the jungle -- Part V. Redemption -- D-Day -- Normandy -- The victory campaigns -- Part VI. The post war world -- Soldiers and social change -- Conclusion.