Lessons from the Mud
Helion & Company (Verlag)
978-1-912390-05-2 (ISBN)
First World War generals have a reputation for both failing to understand the conditions their men were fighting in and also to adopt to the reality of the Western Front. All too often in discussions, the Lions led by Donkeys attitude prevails which has been reinforced by Blackadder's 'General Melchett'.
General Jeudwine was neither a Donkey nor a Melchett. His command of 55th (West Lancashire) Division from January 1916 was highly regarded and the division was in the top third of the British Expeditionary Force.
The division attacked twice during the Third Battle of Ypres. After each attack, Jeudwine collected 'Narratives' from his men. These range from formal reports from Commanding Officers to Private soldier's handwritten memoires on a sheet of paper torn from a notepad.
Transcribed in their entirety for the first time, these Narratives offer a fascinating, first-hand account of two major written within days of the battle. Within the Narratives are details of the fates of men whose names are recorded on the Menin Gate, the practical application of tactics, small scale actions around German strong points.
In analysis, the evolution of tactics is seen between the two attacks which shows the Army as a learning organisation.
Paul Knight is a Liverpool-based historian with an interest in two aspects of the First World War, the Territorial Force and the Mesopotamia Campaign. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Liverpool. He is also a Major in the Army Reserve (the successor to the Territorial Army and before that the Territorial Force) which explains his interest in the Territorials of the First World War. After he completed his PhD, he volunteered for an operational tour in Iraq which was followed by a year studying Arabic and a second tour in Iraq. His time in the Middle East inspired his interest in the Mesopotamia Campaign. He is currently employed as the Army's First World War project officer for the North West of England, for which he received a Lord Lieutenant's Commendation for Adults in 2017. Lessons from the Mud is his second book covering aspects of the Territorial Force in Lancashire. He hopes that these books will raise the profile of this part of this part of the army.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.11.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 25 b/w maps, 12 photos |
| Verlagsort | Solihull |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-912390-05-1 / 1912390051 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-912390-05-2 / 9781912390052 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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