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The six years of prolonged world-wide conflict spawned some 340 serving generals in the British Army. <p>A number are household names (Montgomery, Slim, Wavell) and others well known to historians (Horrocks, Dempsey, Leese). But the vast majority are forgotten except by their families and regiments.</p> <p>Yet there were a number of extraordinary characters, ranging from highly competent to downright inadequate.</p> <p>The Author has researched and written entries on all, varying in length, according to the subject's importance.</p>
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- Author
- Smart, Nicholas
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword Military
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781783460366
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
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