Triumph in the west, 1943-1946
by Arthur Bryant, Viscount Alan Brooke Alanbrooke
Alanbrooke diaries (2)
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“. . . this book is a warm and important document. It is not only the most comprehensive and valuable volume of World War II military memoirs yet published but it is also the best written. . . .”– New York TimesTags
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This second book is a continuation of the first covering the second half of the war and to Alan Brooke's retirement.
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- Original publication date
- 1959
- People/Characters
- Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
- Important events
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Epigraph
- Our story in this war is a good one, and this will be recognised as time goes on.
Winston Church on Alanbrooke - Dedication
- Dedicated to Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Viscount Portal of Hungerford, and Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, who, under Sir Winston Churchill, jointly director Britai... (show all)n's Armed Forces during the victorious years 1943 to 1945
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- In one of my diary entries, sandwiched between an account of a C.O.S. Committee and of interviews with Montgomery and the Prime Minister, there is a note that Arthur Bryant came to luncheon and that I "found him very interest... (show all)ing".
Foreword.
The Turn of the Tide covered the first eighteenth months of Lord Alanbrooke's term as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Prelude.
In the first week of September, 1943, a letter reached the Chief of the Imperial General Staff from the victorious general who had been his right-hand man in the retreat to Dunkirk and whom just over a year before he had chos... (show all)en to command a defeated army in the Western Desert.
Chapter one. An option of difficulties. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And with that his diary ended.
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