Delaney, Douglas E.

Corps Commanders : Five British and Canadian Generals at War, 1939-45. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (408 pages) - Studies in Canadian Military History Series . - Studies in Canadian Military History Series .

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Who, How, and the Common Ground -- 1 The Actor: Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks -- 2 Wit in Want of Will: Lieutenant-General E.L.M. Burns -- 3 The Quiet Gentleman: General Sir John Crocker -- 4 Wit with Will to Spare: Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds -- 5 The Master Bureaucrat: General Charles Foulkes -- Observations and Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Corps Commanders explains how five very different Second World War British and Canadian generals fought their battles, and why they fought them in similar fashion.

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Canada. -- Canadian Army -- Officers -- Biography.
Great Britain. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography.
Generals -- Canada -- Biography.
Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Biography.


Electronic books.

D768.15 -- .D45 2011eb

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