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Index
Cover
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Plates
List of Maps
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: ‘Artillery, A Great Battle-Winning Factor’
‘The Last Argument of Kings’
The Royal Regiment
Earning Rommel’s Respect
‘Arms Are the Way to Preserve Peace’
Discipline and Pride
‘The Last Argument of Kings’
The Royal Regiment
Earning Rommel’s Respect
‘Arms Are the Way to Preserve Peace’
Discipline and Pride
Chapter 2: Tunisia – The Beginning of the End
The End of America’s Isolation
Deadlock
The Framework of Command
The Final Assault; a Precursor of Future Allied Firepower
How Marshall’s Judgement Was Correct: Eisenhower Takes the Reins
The End of America’s Isolation
Deadlock
The Framework of Command
The Final Assault; a Precursor of Future Allied Firepower
How Marshall’s Judgement Was Correct: Eisenhower Takes the Reins
Chapter 3: Sicily – Europe at Last
Storm from the Sea
Preparing for the Next Round
Into Battle
The Last Drive
Hail and Farewell
Storm from the Sea
Preparing for the Next Round
Into Battle
The Last Drive
Hail and Farewell
Chapter 4: Normandy – ‘The Majestic Plan of Forcing the Channel’
‘The Longer He Knew Montgomery, the Less He Liked Him but the More he Respected Him’
Cracking the Crust
The First Gruelling Month of Battle
The Last British Reserve
‘The Longer He Knew Montgomery, the Less He Liked Him but the More he Respected Him’
Cracking the Crust
The First Gruelling Month of Battle
The Last British Reserve
Chapter 5: Caen and Falaise – The Climax of the Battle
Caen the Cockpit
‘A Dirty Battle and a Very Dangerous One’
‘A Devastating Fire Was Put Down at Will’
Bradley’s Trap
Caen the Cockpit
‘A Dirty Battle and a Very Dangerous One’
‘A Devastating Fire Was Put Down at Will’
Bradley’s Trap
Chapter 6: Brussels and Antwerp – Montgomery’s Concentrated Thrust
Keeping the Germans on the Run
The Other Side of the Hill
Anglo-American Discord
59th AGRA and the Move North and East
Hard Winter Weather, a Thin Allied Line, and a Serious Surprise from the Enemy
Keeping the Germans on the Run
The Other Side of the Hill
Anglo-American Discord
59th AGRA and the Move North and East
Hard Winter Weather, a Thin Allied Line, and a Serious Surprise from the Enemy
Chapter 7: The Reichswald, the Rhine and Into Germany
Holding the Northern Edge of the ‘Bulge’
The Unstoppable Advance
‘Nell Gwyn’s Left Eye’
‘The Führer Has Fallen in Action’
Holding the Northern Edge of the ‘Bulge’
The Unstoppable Advance
‘Nell Gwyn’s Left Eye’
‘The Führer Has Fallen in Action’
Afterword – The Territorial Army: Past, Present and (Problematical) Future
‘Men as shall voluntarily enrol themselves for the General defence of the Kingdom’
A Reserve Army for the Twentieth Century
Lessons Learned
Facing an Uncertain Future
‘Men as shall voluntarily enrol themselves for the General defence of the Kingdom’
A Reserve Army for the Twentieth Century
Lessons Learned
Facing an Uncertain Future
Glossary
Bibliography
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