Author: Great Britain. Army. British Army of the Rhine. Royal Engineers
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Royal Engineers Battlefield Tour
Author: Great Britain. Army. British Army of the Rhine. Royal Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Royal Engineers battlefield tour
Author: Great Britain. Army. British Army of the Rhine (1945- ). Royal Engineers
Publisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Honourable Conquests
Author: A. J. Smithers
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473815320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
The origin of the Corps of Royal Engineers, now affectionately known as The Sappers but then as the King's Military Engineers, has been traced as far as 1414, though it was not until 1716 that a permanent officer corps of engineers was established by the Board of Ordnance with the title Corps of Engineers.. Being part of the Regular Army it is hardly surprising that the Corps should be associated in the public mind with such tasks as building roads, bridges and defensive works or breaching those of the enemy and scant attention was hitherto been paid to the remarkable achievements of the Corps in times of peace. In Honourable Conquests A.J. Smithers sets out to redress that balance. Britain having acquired an Empire, more by accident than design, it fell to the lot of the Army, first in India and later in other parts of the Empire, to act in the role of unofficial Colonial Policemen As well we all know, the policemens lot is not a happy one, so the ingenious Engineers found better ways to pass the time,thereby leaving behind them some remarkable testimonies, not only to their professional skills but to their very considerable contribution to the welfare of mankind- in India, in Canada, in Australia and other parts of the Empire. It is to such men as General Pasley Colonel By, General Cotton and Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff, truly great men now all but forgotten, on whom Smithers turns his narrative skill and wry humour in this fascinating book. As the completion of the Channel Tunnel approaches, his penultimate chapter concerning the involvement of the Royal Engineers with that project over a hundred years ago will be of particularly topical interest.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473815320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
The origin of the Corps of Royal Engineers, now affectionately known as The Sappers but then as the King's Military Engineers, has been traced as far as 1414, though it was not until 1716 that a permanent officer corps of engineers was established by the Board of Ordnance with the title Corps of Engineers.. Being part of the Regular Army it is hardly surprising that the Corps should be associated in the public mind with such tasks as building roads, bridges and defensive works or breaching those of the enemy and scant attention was hitherto been paid to the remarkable achievements of the Corps in times of peace. In Honourable Conquests A.J. Smithers sets out to redress that balance. Britain having acquired an Empire, more by accident than design, it fell to the lot of the Army, first in India and later in other parts of the Empire, to act in the role of unofficial Colonial Policemen As well we all know, the policemens lot is not a happy one, so the ingenious Engineers found better ways to pass the time,thereby leaving behind them some remarkable testimonies, not only to their professional skills but to their very considerable contribution to the welfare of mankind- in India, in Canada, in Australia and other parts of the Empire. It is to such men as General Pasley Colonel By, General Cotton and Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff, truly great men now all but forgotten, on whom Smithers turns his narrative skill and wry humour in this fascinating book. As the completion of the Channel Tunnel approaches, his penultimate chapter concerning the involvement of the Royal Engineers with that project over a hundred years ago will be of particularly topical interest.
Royal Engineers Battlefield Tour - Normandy to the Seine
Author: Anon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783317516
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This work gives details of all operations by the Royal Engineers during D-Day and up to the Seine crossing at Vernon.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783317516
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This work gives details of all operations by the Royal Engineers during D-Day and up to the Seine crossing at Vernon.
Monty's Men
Author: John Buckley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300134495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler’s Germany. Following Britain’s military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley’s provocative history demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the war’s final years features a large cast of colorful unknowns and grand historical personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts, it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting long-held misconceptions finally to rest.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300134495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler’s Germany. Following Britain’s military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley’s provocative history demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the war’s final years features a large cast of colorful unknowns and grand historical personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts, it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting long-held misconceptions finally to rest.
Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers
Author: Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Royal Engineers Journal
Author:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Occasional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Corps of Royal Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Monty and Rommel
Author: Peter Caddick-Adams
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468309064
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
“An accessible, well-honed study of two fascinating characters” who famously fought each other in numerous battles during WWII, from Egypt to D-Day (Kirkus). Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel faced one another in a series of extraordinary battles that established each man as one of the greatest generals in history. Born four years apart, their lives were remarkably similar. Each came from provincial roots, nearly died in WWI, yet emerged from that great conflict with glowing records. Through their many duels, including their legendary conflicts in North Africa and later at the Normandy D-Day invasion, Peter Caddick-Adams tracks and compares their military talents and personalities. Monty and Rommel explores how each general was raised to power by their war leaders, Churchill and Hitler, and how the innovative military strategy and thought of both permeate down to today's armies.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468309064
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
“An accessible, well-honed study of two fascinating characters” who famously fought each other in numerous battles during WWII, from Egypt to D-Day (Kirkus). Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel faced one another in a series of extraordinary battles that established each man as one of the greatest generals in history. Born four years apart, their lives were remarkably similar. Each came from provincial roots, nearly died in WWI, yet emerged from that great conflict with glowing records. Through their many duels, including their legendary conflicts in North Africa and later at the Normandy D-Day invasion, Peter Caddick-Adams tracks and compares their military talents and personalities. Monty and Rommel explores how each general was raised to power by their war leaders, Churchill and Hitler, and how the innovative military strategy and thought of both permeate down to today's armies.
Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers
Author: Institution of Royal Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description