The British Soldier - The Forgotten Victor of the Second World War
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The British Soldier - The Forgotten Victor of the Second World War

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The role of the British soldier in the defeat of Nazi Germany reassessed and given its rightful place. Benoît Rondeau exhaustively examines the particular characteristics of the soldier of the British Empire, the conditions in which he fought, how he was trained, commanded, equipped, cared for... He seeks to capture in its entirety the daily life of the men and women who served in the army between 1939 and 1945, from arrival at barracks to demobilisation, at the front and in the rear, in combat and at rest, across the various theatres of operations, from the jungle to the desert, through the skies over Germany, the waters of the Atlantic, and the Normandy bocage.

 

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A daily existence that raises the delicate question of relations with civilians — whether allies, enemies, or nationals of the many countries of the Empire where the fighting forces were deployed. We also discover little-known figures, such as this inventor or that general, far removed from the legend of Bernard Montgomery, who almost monopolised the public's memory of the British high command during the Second World War.

The author finally addresses the memory of these armed forces after 1945, in cinema as in literature and school curricula, their legacy being generally less celebrated than that of the US Army, yet less controversial than that of the Red Army and, even more so, than that of the Wehrmacht. All in all, it emerges that the contribution of the forces of the British Empire — soldiers, sailors and airmen from the United Kingdom, the Dominions and the colonies — far from being anecdotal, as certain French historiography has claimed, proved on the contrary to be decisive.

Author 1
Benoît Rondeau
Publication date
April 2021
Pages
500
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
PERRIN
EAN
9782262082239

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