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''A compelling history.'' The Sunday Times
''Thought-provoking.'' The Spectator
''Interesting and well-researched.'' The Sunday Telegraph

A fascinating account of the decline of an army from the triumph of victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A salutary warning for modern Britain.

The British Army won a convincing series of victories between 1916 and 1918. But by 1939 the British Army was an entirely different animal. The hard-won knowledge, experience and strategic vision that delivered victory after victory in the closing stages of the First World War had been lost. In the inter-war years there was plenty of talking, but very little focus on who Britain might have to fight, and how. Victory to Defeat clearly illustrates how the British Army wasn''t prepared to fight a first-class European Army in 1939 for the simple reason that as a country Britain hadn''t prepar

Victory to Defeat

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''A compelling history.'' The Sunday Times''Thought-provoking.'' The Spectator''Interesting and well-researched.'' The Sunday TelegraphA fascinating account of the decline of an... Read more

    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Publication Date: 1/13/2025
    ISBN13: 9781472860842, 978-1472860842
    ISBN10: 1472860845

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    ''A compelling history.'' The Sunday Times
    ''Thought-provoking.'' The Spectator
    ''Interesting and well-researched.'' The Sunday Telegraph

    A fascinating account of the decline of an army from the triumph of victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A salutary warning for modern Britain.

    The British Army won a convincing series of victories between 1916 and 1918. But by 1939 the British Army was an entirely different animal. The hard-won knowledge, experience and strategic vision that delivered victory after victory in the closing stages of the First World War had been lost. In the inter-war years there was plenty of talking, but very little focus on who Britain might have to fight, and how. Victory to Defeat clearly illustrates how the British Army wasn''t prepared to fight a first-class European Army in 1939 for the simple reason that as a country Britain hadn''t prepar

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