Download or read book The British Expeditionary Force 1939 40 written by E. Smalley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between September 1939 and June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force confronted the German threat to France and Flanders with a confused mind-set, an uncertain skills-set and an uncompetitive capability. This book explores the formation's origins, the scale of defeat in France and the campaign's considerable legacy.
Download or read book The BEF in France 1939 1940 written by John Grehan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British force in Europe from 19391940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force.The British Expeditionary Force was started in 1938 in readiness for a perceived threat of war after Germany annexed Austria in March 1938 and the claims on the Sudetenland, which led to the invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. After the French and British had promised to defend Poland, the German invasion of that country began and war was declared on 3 September 1939.The BEF was sent to France in September 1939 and deployed mainly along the BelgianFrench border during the so-called Phoney War leading up to May 1940. The BEF did not commence hostilities until the invasion of France on 10 May 1940. After the commencement of battle, they were driven back through Belgium and north-western France, forcing their eventual evacuation from several ports along the French northern coastline in Operations Dynamo, Ariel and Cycle. The most notable evacuation was from the Dunkirk region and from this the phrase Dunkirk Spirit was coined.
Download or read book The British Army 1939 1945 written by Alan Philson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Army 1939 1945 written by Alan Philson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Despatches received by the Secretary of State for War from General the Viscount Gort Commander in chief British Expeditionary Force written by Great Britain. War Office and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Employment of the British Expeditionary Force in France from 3rd Sept 1939 Until 3rd June 1940 written by J. S. S. P. V. Gort and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Road to Dunkirk written by Charles More and published by Frontline. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A detailed and fascinating account” of a little known WWII showdown in Belgium between the British Expeditionary Force and the German army (Barnsley Chronicle). This is an important reassessment of a critical period in the British Expeditionary Force’s fight against the German armies invading France in 1940. On May 25, Lord Gort, the British commander, took the decision to move 5th Division north in order to plug a growing gap in his army’s eastern defenses. Over the next three days the division fought a little-known engagement, the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, to hold the Germans at bay while the rest of the BEF retreated toward Dunkirk. The book describes the British Army of 1940 and outlines the early stages of the campaign before explaining the context of Gort’s decision and why it was made. Then, using British and German sources, it shows how the British doggedly defended their line against heavy German attacks, and demonstrates that the Expeditionary Force was far more than the badly equipped and undertrained army many historians have represented it as. This fresh look at the campaign also casts new light on other aspects such as the impact of the Luftwaffe and the Dunkirk evacuation itself. “This book is important for all those interested in the fighting which proceeded the general retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk. The author has trawled numerous archival sources, which are well cited in this elegantly produced book.” —Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
Download or read book Against All Odds written by David Smurthwaite and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 1990 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the British Army's efforts to fashion a modern fighting force to match the growing Nazi menace, its baptism of fire upon the fields of Scandinavia and France, and its evacuation from Dunkirk.
Download or read book The Diary of the War 1939 40 written by Authorithy of The Council and published by . This book was released on with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kortskitse: "Operations of the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium and Northern France May, 1940." Kun volume I haves.
Download or read book Operations of the British Expeditionary Force France from 12th June 1940 to 19th June 1940 written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vanguard to Victory written by Skene Catling and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Despatches Submitted to the Secretary of State for War Relating to the Operations of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium 1939 40 written by John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker Gort (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operations of the British Expeditionary Force France from 12th June 1940 to 19th June 1940 written by Alan Francis Brooke (Viscount Alanbrooke) and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1940 the Last Act written by Basil Karslake and published by Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British Expeditionary Force 1939 40 written by E. Smalley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between September 1939 and June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force confronted the German threat to France and Flanders with a confused mind-set, an uncertain skills-set and an uncompetitive capability. This book explores the formation's origins, the scale of defeat in France and the campaign's considerable legacy.
Download or read book A Great Feat of Improvisation written by Clem Maginniss and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Great Feat of Improvisation is a unique publication on a forgotten aspect of an important campaign for the British Army.
Download or read book The War in France and Flanders written by Lionel Frederic Ellis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the 1939-40 Phoney War in a single chapter, the focus of Major L.F. Ellis s official history of the campaign in France and Flanders falls on the role of the British Expeditionary Force in attempting to defend Belgium and France from the fury of the German Blitzkrieg in May-June 1940. He describes the BEF s advance into Belgium in response to the German attack in accordance with the pre-arranged Anglo-French Dyle Plan , and its rapid retreat as the Germans broke through on the River Meuse. Despite an attempted counter-attack around Arras, Ellis shows how the BEF and their French allies were forced back on the Channel Ports by the swift advance of the German armoured columns. The history culminates in the confusion caused by Belgium s sudden surrender, the failed British stand on the Somme, and the momentous decision to evacuate the BEF from Dunkirk. Illustrated by 7 general maps, 14 situation maps and 17 sketch maps, the book has eleven photographs, and additional appendices detailing the German planning of their spectacularly successful campaign, and listing the British and German forces engaged.
