Megiddo 1918 the last great cavalry

Informationen zum Autor Bryan Perrett was born in 1934 and educated at Liverpool College. He served in the Royal Armoured Corps, the 17th/21st Lancers, Westminster Dragoons and the Royal Tank Regiment, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. During the Falklands and Gulf wars, he worked as defence correspondent for the Liverpool Echo . A highly successful author, Bryan is married and lives in Lancashire. Klappentext The campaign at Megiddo! covered in detail in this text! featured the last great cavalry action in modern warfare and featured the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia. It laid the foundations for the modern "Blitzkrieg" style campaign! producing a profound change in military thought and practice. Zusammenfassung After securing the capture of Jerusalem General Allenby planned a campaign that would knock Turkey out of World War 1. In a spectacular campaign General Allenby's Egyptian Expeditionary Force achieved the breakthrough in Palestine that commanders on the Western Front had only dreamed of. Supported by Lawrence and his Arab irregulars, the Desert Mounted Corps swept across the Turkish rear, destroying three armies in the process. Turkey's war was over and the days of the tottering Ottoman Empire were numbered. This was a British 'Blitzkrieg' with a speed of advance that stunned the world twenty years before Germany's Panzers rolled across Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Origins of the Campaign/Opposing Commanders/Opposing Armies/Opposing Plans/The Battle of Megiddo/The Legacy of Megiddo/The Battlefield Today/Chronology/Wargaming Megiddo/Further Reading

Product details

• Authors: b Perrett, Bryan Perrett
• Assisted by: Ed Dovey (Illustration), Dovey Ed (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9781855328273
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-827-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Campaign
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), European History, First World War, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Middle East, Warfare & defence, Middle Eastern history, Military tactics, Military and defence strategy, War and defence operations, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I