The turn of the tide1957
a history of the war years based on the diaries of Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, chief of the Imperial General Staff.
Arthur Bryant, Arthur Bryant, Field Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke
About this book
The Turn of the Tide is build around the personal diaries of Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, who was Chief of the Imerperial General Staff and Churchill's closest military advisor. The author, Sir Arthur Bryant, terms Lord Alanbrooke's diaries "the most important of all contemporary personal records of the war". Extensive excerpts from the diaries are woven into the text together with comments on the diaries made by Lord Alanbrooke after the war.
Details
- First published
- 1957
- OL Work ID
- OL1246047W
Subjects
DiariesGeneralsWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsMarshalsKrijgshandelingenWorld War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924Biography: generalBritish & Irish history: Second World WarUnited Kingdom, Great BritainGreat Britain