Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck

Author : Evan McGilvray
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526716135
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck written by Evan McGilvray and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck is a study not only of the individual but also of how the British Army, Indian Army and the Empire were transformed during his long military career. Auchinleck was commissioned into the Indian Army from 1904 and served with distinction against the Turks in Egypt and the Mesopotamian campaign, earning a DSO. Between the wars he was involved in the pacification of the Northwest Frontier (now Pakistan). In the Second World War he briefly led a division in the ill-fated Norway campaign before being appointed Commander-in-Chief, India. He is best remembered for his controversial stint in command in North Africa, where he replaced Wavell in July 1941. He halted Rommel at the First Battle of El Alamein but was then replaced by Montgomery and resumed as C-in-C India, where his logistical support for Fourteenth Army was vital to success in Burma. Post-war he planned and oversaw Partition and British withdrawal from India. Here, as in North Africa, interference from his political masters added to the burdens of command. Evan McGilvray appraises Auchinleck’s long and varied career in its entirety.

Author : Alexander Greenwood
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field-Marshal Auchinleck written by Alexander Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Greenwood
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field-Marshal Auchinleck written by Alexander Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T. Bowman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838387709
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military Papers of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Volume 1: 1940-42 written by T. Bowman and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key documents relating to Auchinleck's career up to the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942, including his time as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and of the Middle East Theatre.

Author : John Connell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Auchinleck written by John Connell and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biografi over den britiske øverstkommanderende i Indien og Ægypten, general Auchinleck, der i 1946 blev forfremmet til feltmarskal

Author : Philip Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473812046
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Auchinleck written by Philip Warner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck was born in India and raised in conditions of near poverty. Yet his talent ensured his career flourished despite his Indian Army background and he was the first Commander of 8th Army in North Africa. Despite great political interference, he stopped Rommel's Afrika Corps at 1st Alamein only to be sacked by Churchill. After a spell in the wilderness he became C in C India during the dark period of Partition and, ironically, had to preside over the destruction of his beloved Indian Army. A private man of great humour and integrity he refused to be drawn into discussing or criticising his tormentors be they Churchill, Montgomery or Mountbatten. He always argued that history would be his judge. This is a super piece of military biography by one of the most respected post war military historians.

Author : John Connell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Auchinleck: a Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, G.C.B., C.G.I.E., C.S.I., D.S.O., O.B.E., LLD. written by John Connell and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Connell (pseud. för John Henry Robertson.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 975 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Auchinleck, a Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck ... written by John Connell (pseud. för John Henry Robertson.) and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Bruce Osborn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
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Download or read book Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, the Indian Army and the Partition of India written by Robert Bruce Osborn and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Phillip Warner
Publisher : Class Warfare
ISBN 13 : 9781859593950
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phillip Warner - Auchinleck written by Phillip Warner and published by Class Warfare. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as generalship in war is studied, there is certain to be controversy over the qualities, achievements and treatment of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck. 'The Auk', as he was universally known, was born in India and raised in conditions near poverty. Yet his talent ensured his career flourished, in spite of his Indian Army background, and he was appointed Commander of the newly formed 8th Army in North Africa. Despite great political interference, he was the first British general to defeat the Germans when he stopped Rommel's Africa Corps at 1st Alamein only to be sacked by Churchill. After a spell in the wilderness he became Commander-in-Chief India during the dark period of Partition and, ironically, had to preside over the destruction of his beloved Indian Army. A private man of great humour and integrity, he steadfastly and honourably refused to be drawn into discussing or criticising the roles of others such as Churchill, Montgomery or Mountbatten, even when his own abilities were, often shabbily, appraised. He always argued that history would be his judge. Drawing on unpublished transcripts of interviews, newly available papers and document and recollections of those who served with the subject, biographer and historian Philip Warner has succeeded in painting a superb and objective study of this remarkable, yet somehow tragic, figure. It remains for the reader to decide whether Auchinleck was the hapless victim of character assassination or as inadequate as his detractors claimed.