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Monty and the Canadian Army - John A. English

Monty and the Canadian Army

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Buch | Hardcover
372 Seiten
2021
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0699-5 (ISBN)
CHF 48,85 inkl. MwSt
Monty and the Canadian Army details the lasting influence of General B.L. Montgomery, whose military competence shaped the Canadian Army in the Second World War.
General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "Monty," exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander. In 1942 he assumed responsibility for the exercise and training of Canadian formations in England, and by the end of the war Canada’s field army was second to none in the practical exercise of combined arms.

In Monty and the Canadian Army, John A. English analyses the way Montgomery’s operational influence continued to permeate the Canadian Army. For years, the Canadian Army remained a highly professional force largely because it was commanded at almost every lower level by "Monty men" steeped in the Montgomery method. The era of the Canadian Army headed by such men ceased with the integration and unification of Canada’s armed forces in 1964.

The embrace of Montgomery by Canadian soldiers stands in marked contrast to largely negative perceptions held by Americans. Monty and the Canadian Army aims to correct such perceptions, which are mostly superficial and more often than not wrong, and addresses the anomaly of how this gifted general, one of the greatest field commanders of the Second World War, managed to win over other North American troops.

Lt. Col.-Dr. John A. English is a Canadian Army veteran and past professor of Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College.

Preface

Introduction

1. The Germination of Generalship
2. Canadian Corps Legacy and Loss of Professionalism
3. Montgomery in Command of British Formations
4. Canada’s Erratic March to War
5. Dagger Pointed at the Heart of Berlin
6. Inspecting the Canadian Corps
7. Military Godfather of the Canadian Army
8. Montgomery and Dieppe
9. Monty’s Eighth Army and Canadians
10. Handling Canadians in Normandy
11. Cracking German Lines
12. First Canadian Army’s Greatest Contribution to Allied Victory
13. Canadian Army Triumph
14. Canadian Army Monty Men

Epilogue: The Montgomery Touch

Conclusion

Appendix: What to Look for When Visiting a Unit

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 23 b&w illustrations, 22 b&w maps, 5 b&w figures
Verlagsort Toronto
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 239 mm
Gewicht 700 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4875-0699-6 / 1487506996
ISBN-13 978-1-4875-0699-5 / 9781487506995
Zustand Neuware
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