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Informationen zum Autor Gary Sheffield is Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He was previously Chair of War Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK, held a personal chair at King's College London, UK, and was Land Warfare Historian on the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He has published widely on military history. Peter Gray is RAeS Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. Zusammenfassung In 1918 the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) played a critical role in defeating the German army and thus winning the First World War. This 'Hundred Days' campaign (August to November 1918) was the greatest series of land victories in British military history. This title provides an examination of the series.
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Series Editor's Introduction
Biographies of Contributors
Introduction - Peter Gray, Ross Mahoney and Gary Sheffield
1. Command Culture and Complexity: Third Army during the Hundred Days, August-November 1918 - Jonathan Boff
2. 'Delivering the Goods'. Operation Landovery Castle: A Logistical and Administrative Analysis of Canadian Corps Preparations for the Battle of Amiens 8-11 August, 1918 - Rob Thompson
3. 'After Amiens': Technology and Tactics in the British Expeditionary Force During the Advance to Victory, August - November 1918 - Bryn Hammond
4. The Last Battle of the B.E.F: The Crossing of the Sambre-Oise Canal, 4 November 1918 - Niall Barr
5. War of Liberation: British Second Army and Coalition Warfare in Flanders in the Hundred Days - Dennis Williams
6. Behind the Lines: Sir Douglas Haig and the Cavalry Corps, September-October 1918 - Simon M Justice
7. The Air Ministry and the Formation of the Royal Air Force - Peter Gray
8. The Smuts Report: Interpreting and Misinterpreting the Promise of Air Power - Christopher Luck
9. The Genesis of Modern Warfare: The Contribution of Aviation Logistics - Peter Dye
10. The Genesis of Modern Air Power: the RAF in 1918 - David Jordan
11. The Battle of Amiens: Air-Ground Cooperation and its Implications for Imperial Policing - Simon Coningham
12. The Battle of Amiens and the Development of British Air Land Battle, 1918-1945 - Alistair McCluskey
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Index
A propos de l'auteur
Gary Sheffield holds the Chair of War Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. He previously held a personal chair at King's College London, UK, and was Land Warfare Historian on the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He has published widely on military history.
Peter Gray is RAeS Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.A retired senior officer of the Royal Air Force, he holds a PhD and is the author of
The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945 (Continuum, 2012).
