Soldiers And Statesmen, 1914-1918 Vol. II.
Sir William 'Wully' Robertson was the first man to rise from the lowliest rank of private soldier to the highest rank of Field Marshal within the British Army. Determined, strong-willed, and militarily conservative, he served ably in field and staff positions in India and South Africa, alw...
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| 490 | 1 | |a Soldiers And Statesmen, 1914-1918 ; |v v. 2 | |
| 500 | |a Joffre-Haig Plan for 1917-Mr. Lloyd George's Plan for a Campaign against Austria-War Cabinet approves of Plan proposed by Nivelle, the Austrian Plan being temporarily dropped-War Cabinet decides to place British Army under Nivelle-The Calais Conference, FDisappointing Results of Operations on Western Front. CHAPTER XIII-PREPARATIONS FOR 1918. | ||
| 500 | |a Examination of Situation by General Staff-They propose strongest possible Concentration in West and Defensive Policy elsewhere-Predict Enemy's intention to seek Final Decision in West before American Armies can arrive-General Staff Memorandum objecting toSome final Reflections. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; CHAPTER VIII-HOME DEFENCE; Duties Explained-Pre-war Investigation of Invasion Problem-Mr. Balfour's Views on Possibility of Invasion-Investigation by Lord Morley's Sub-Committee, 1907-Conclusions reached-Influence of Possible Invasion on Outbreak of War-Investigation by Joint NavalAdequate Defence of Home Country compulsory.; CHAPTER IX-THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Origin of Campaign-Operations in 1914-General Nixon appointed to Command, March, 1915-Extension of Operations to Kut-Imperial General Staff called upon to advise for first time, October, 1915-Confusing Methods of Communication between London and Simla-QueSubsequent Events. CHAPTER X-THE SALONIKA EXPEDITION; Mr. Lloyd George's Proposed Campaign in the Balkans, January, 1915-Diplomatic Action during the Year-Events following Invasion of Serbia-Views of British G.H.Q. in France-French Proposals-Dispatch of French and British Divisions-Joffre interviews British Events during 1917-18. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a CHAPTER XI-THE CAMPAIGN IN PALESTINEOperations on Suez Canal, 1915-Considerations affecting the Defence of Egypt-Proposals by Joint Naval and Military Staffs, October, 1915-Reorganization of Forces returned from Gallipoli and their Dispatch to France-Troops remaining in Egypt for Defence PuGeneral Staff again oppose it.; CHAPTER XII-THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917. | |
| 520 | |a Sir William 'Wully' Robertson was the first man to rise from the lowliest rank of private soldier to the highest rank of Field Marshal within the British Army. Determined, strong-willed, and militarily conservative, he served ably in field and staff positions in India and South Africa, always chary of wasting his men's lives. When the First World War broke out, he sailed with the BEF in 1914 as quartermaster-general, but was promoted to the post of chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1915. A staunch 'westerner' who believed that the war could only be won in France and Flanders by knocking the German army out of the war, he faced many amateur strategists who wanted to squander resources in other theatres. By 1918, he resigned his post in disgust at the policies of David Lloyd George who refused to reinforce Sir Douglas Haig in France, precipitating the German breakthroughs of the spring and summer. From the very start of the war, Robertson was at the hub of the action at the highest levels of the British war effort; in these two volumes, he reveals the decisions and struggles that shaped that strategy. Filled with the opinion of the 'westerner' school of thought; through the pages, Robertson despairs at the Gallipoli invasion, sets against the Salonika disaster, and fumes at the civilian members of the war cabinet and the 'Supreme War Council'. Written a short time after the war, with it all fresh and even with some bad feeling in mind, these two volumes are essential to the History of the First World War. | ||
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