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020    9780300134490 |q(hardback)
020    0300134495 |q(hardback)
035    (OCoLC)ocn840803701
035    238430
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050 00 D756.3 |b.B83 2013
100 1  Buckley, John |q(John D.)
245 10 Monty's men : |bthe British Army and the liberation of Europe, 1944-5 / |cJohn Buckley.
264  1 New Haven : |bYale University Press, |c[2013]
264  4  |c©2013
300    ix, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ; |c24 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
520    "Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley's provocative history demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the war's final years features a large cast of colorful unknowns and grand historical personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts, it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting long-held misconceptions finally to rest"-- |cProvided by publisher.
505 0  Introduction : the test of time -- Preparation : the road to D-Day -- Bridgehead : the first step to liberation -- Caen : The cauldron -- Stalemate? : frustration in Normandy -- Breakout : victory in Normandy -- Pursuit : the race to the frontier -- Arnhem : conceptual failure -- Winter : frustration and anxiety -- Victory : the Rhine to the Baltic -- Retrospective.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zWestern Front.
610 20 Allied Forces. |bArmy Group, 21st.
600 10 Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, |cViscount, |d1887-1976.
852 0   |bstacks |hD756.3 |i.B83 2013