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1 Introduction Notes 1 Introduction 1. Simon Godfrey, British Army Communications in the Second World War: Lifting the Fog of Battle, (London, 2013, Bloomsbury Academic); Timothy Harrison Place, Military Training in the British Army 1940– 1944: From Dunkirk to D- Day, (London, 2000, Frank Cass Publishers); David French, Raising Churchill’s Army: The British Army and the War against Germany 1939– 1945, (Oxford, 2001, Oxford University Press); Jonathan Fennell, Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign: The Eighth Army and the Path to El Alamein, (Cambridge, 2011, Cambridge University Press); Christine Bielecki, British Infantry Morale During the Italian Campaign 1943– 45, (University of London, 2006, Unpublished PhD) 2. D. French, Raising Churchill’s Army, p. 12; Shelford Bidwell & Dominick Graham, Fire- Power: The British Army Weapons and Theories of War 1904– 1945, (Barnsley, 2004, Pen & Sword Books Ltd), pp. 185– 6; Brian Bond, British Military Policy Between the Two World Wars, (Oxford, 1980, Oxford University Press), pp. 327– 8 3. D. French, Raising Churchill’s Army, pp. 73– 6 4. Jeremy Crang, The British Army and the People’s War 1939– 1945, (Manchester, 2000, Manchester University Press), p. 64 5. Lieutenant Colonel F.W. Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858– 1958, (Camberley, 1958, Gale & Polden Ltd), pp. 10– 17; TNA, WO 277/36, The Official History of Training 1939– 1945, (Compiled by Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Gibb), p. 6 6. Gerry Rubin, Murder, Mutiny and the Military: British Court Martial Cases 1940– 1966, (London, 2005, Francis Boulte Publishers), p. 57 7. Mark Connelly, We Can Take It!: Britain and the Memory of the Second World War, (Harlow, 2004, Pearson Education Limited), pp. 9– 10, 14, 62, 67– 74, 90 8. Philip Warner, The Battle of France 1940, (London, 2002, Cassell & Co), pp. 14– 17; Major General Julian Thompson, Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory, (London, 2009, Pan Macmillan Ltd), pp. xiii– xiv, 21– 2; Nicholas Harman, Dunkirk: The Necessary Myth, (London, 1980, Hodder & Stoughton), pp. 13– 14, 253– 5 9. TNA, WO 167/459, 4th Royal Tank Regiment War Diary, September 1939 – May 1940, (February) p. 1, (March) p. 1 10. TNA, WO 167/721, 2nd Cameronians Regiment War Diary, September 1939 – May 1940, (March) p. 1 11. TNA, WO 167/1076, GHQ Supply Directorate Transport (Petrol) Royal Army Service Corps War Diary, September 1939 – May 1940, (March) p. 4 12. Brian Hall, (2012), ‘The British Army and Wireless Communication 1896– 1918’, War in History, Vol. 19, No. 3, p. 291 13. TNA, WO 90/8, Judge Advocate General’s Office: General Courts- Martial Register (Abroad) 1917– 1943, pp. 107– 9; TNA, WO 213/35, Field General Courts- Martial Register October 1939 – April 1942: (Abroad Only), Volume No. 35, pp. 1– 81; 224 Notes 225 TNA, WO 167/721, 2nd Cameronians Regiment War Diary, (March) pp. 1– 8, (April) p. 1 14. Brian Holden Reid, War Studies at the Staff College 1890– 1930, (London, 1992, HMSO), p. viii 2 Campaign Overview 1. Major L.F. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders 1939– 1940, (London, 1953, HMSO), pp. 1– 3, 5– 6; G.C. Peden, British Rearmament and the Treasury 1932– 1939, (Edinburgh, 1979, Scottish Academic Press Ltd), p. 137; Brian Bond, British Military Policy Between the Two World Wars, (Oxford, 1980, Oxford University Press), p. 309 2. IWM, Major General L.A. Hawes, 87/4/1, Memoirs, pp. W1– W6 3. B. Bond, British Military Policy, pp. 298, 305, 327– 8; G. Peden, British Rearmament and the Treasury, pp. 147– 50 4. Bernard Montgomery, The Memoirs of Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (London, 1968, Collins), pp. 51– 2; Colonel R. Macleod & Denis Kelly (eds), The Ironside Diaries 1937– 1940, (London, 1963, Constable & Company Ltd), pp. 90– 4; L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, p. 11 5. J.R. Colville, Man of Valour: The Life of Field Marshal The Viscount Gort, (London, 1972, Collins), p.129; Major General Sir Francis de Guingand, From Brass Hat to Bowler Hat, (London, 1979, Hamish Hamilton Ltd), p. 3 6. Alex Danchev & Daniel Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945: Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, (London, 2002, Phoenix Press), p. 18 7. B. Montgomery, Memoirs, p. 52 8. David French, Raising Churchill’s Army: The British Army and the War against Germany 1919– 1945, (Oxford, 2001, Oxford University Press), p. 182 9. Colonel R. Macleod & D. Kelly (eds), The Ironside Diaries, pp. 93– 4; Brian Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff: The Diaries of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall – Volume One 1933– 1940, (London, 1972, Leo Cooper Ltd) p. 223 10. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, pp. 11– 12 11. Colonel R. Macleod & D. Kelly (eds), The Ironside Diaries, p. 77 12. B. Montgomery, Memoirs, p. 52– 4 13. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, pp. 15– 21 14. LHCMA, BRIDGEMAN 1/1, Lord Gort’s Despatches of the Operations of the British Expeditionary Force, p. 7 15. Julian Jackson, The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940, (Oxford, 2003, Oxford University Press), p. 27 16. Brian Bond, Britain, France and Belgium 1939– 1940, (London, 1990, Brassey’s Ltd), pp. 29, 44– 5 17. LHCMA, BRIDGEMAN 1/1, Lord Gort’s Despatches, pp. 25– 6 18. B. Bond, Britain, France and Belgium, pp. 29, 33, 44– 5; J. Jackson, The Fall of France, pp. 28, 30, 37 19. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, pp. 31– 2; A. Danchev & D. Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945, p. 30; B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, p. 276 20. J. Jackson, The Fall of France, pp. 30– 2 21. LHCMA, BRIDGEMAN 1/1, Lord Gort’s Despatches, p. 16; J. Colville, Man of Valour, p. 163 226 Notes 22. E.T. Williams & H.M. Palmer (eds), The Dictionary of National Biography 1951– 1960, (Oxford, 1971, Oxford University Press), p. 505 23. B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, p. 256 24. E. Williams & H. Palmer (eds), The Dictionary of National Biography 1951– 1960, p. 505; J. Colville, Man of Valour, pp. 158– 60, 162 25. B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, p. 262 26. A. Danchev & D. Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945, p. 21 27. J. Colville, Man of Valour, p. 161 28. B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, pp. 258– 9, 264 29. E. Williams & H. Palmer (eds), The Dictionary of National Biography, p. 505 30. B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, pp. 274– 5; A. Danchev & D. Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945, p. 29 31. J. Colville, Man of Valour, p. 166 32. J. Colville, Man of Valour, pp. 170– 1 33. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, pp. 32– 3 34. B. Bond, Britain, France and Belgium, pp. 48– 9 35. T.K. Derry, The Campaign in Norway, (London, 1952, HMSO), pp. 12– 13 36. Colonel R. Macleod & D. Kelly (eds), The Ironside Diaries, p. 216 37. A. Danchev & D. Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945, p. 40; TNA, WO 167/148, II Corps War Diary, September 1939 – June 1940, (April Summary), p. 1 38. LHCMA, BRIDGEMAN 1/1, Lord Gort’s Despatches, pp. 20– 1; TNA, WO 167/21, GHQ Staff Duties and Training War Diary, September 1939 – June 1940, Lord Gort’s Letter to Under- Secretary of State for War, dated 12/02/40, APPENDIX G.R./1151/50, pp. 2– 4 39. J. Colville, Man of Valour, pp. 176– 7; B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, pp. 288– 9, 294; A. Danchev & D. Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945, p. 46 40. IWM, Major General L. Hawes, 87/4/1, Memoirs, p. GC8 41. J. Jackson, The Fall of France, p. 124; J. Colville, Man of Valour, pp. 181– 5 42. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, pp. 40, 49– 51 43. B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, p. 308; A. Danchev & D. Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945, p. 60 44. John North (ed.), The Alexander Memoirs 1940– 1945, (London, 1962, Cassell & Company Ltd), p. 75; Major General Sir Edward Spears, Assignment to Catastrophe Volume 1: Prelude to Dunkirk, July 1939 – May 1940, (London, 1954, William Heinemann Ltd), p. 137 45. Heinz Guderian, Panzer Leader, (London, 2000, Penguin Books), p. 97 46. J. Jackson, The Fall of France, pp. 34, 39; L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, pp. 43– 6 47. Major General Julian Thompson, Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory, (London, 2009, Pan Macmillan Ltd), p. 38; L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, p. 46; J. Jackson, The Fall of France, p. 54; H. Guderian, Panzer Leader, p. 90 48. J. Thompson, Dunkirk, p. 40 49. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, p. 42; J. Jackson, The Fall of France, p. 42, 85– 6 50. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, p. 40; A. Danchev & D. Todman (eds), War Diaries 1939– 1945, p. 63; B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, p. 317 51. LHCMA, BRIDGEMAN 1/1, Lord Gort’s Despatches, pp. 35– 6 52. LHCMA, BRIDGEMAN 1/1, Lord Gort’s Despatches, pp. 35– 6; B. Bond, Britain, France and Belgium, pp. 64– 5 Notes 227 53. E. Spears, Assignment to Catastrophe Volume 1: Prelude to Dunkirk, pp. 148– 9; B. Bond (ed.), Chief of Staff, p. 323; H. Guderian, Panzer Leader, p. 113 54. J. Thompson, Dunkirk, p. 84; B. Bond, Britain, France and Belgium, pp. 71– 2; B.H. Liddell Hart (ed.), The Rommel Papers, (London, 1953, Collins), pp. 32– 4 55. H. Guderian, Panzer Leader, p. 114 56. L. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, pp. 138– 9, 150, 350– 1 57. B. Bond, Britain, France and Belgium, pp.
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