The turn of the tide : a history of the war years based on the diaries of Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, chief of the Imperial General Staff

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The turn of the tide : a history of the war years based on the diaries of Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, chief of the Imperial General Staff / by Arthur Bryant.

Bryant, Arthur, 1899-1985 (Author). Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke, Viscount, 1883-1963 (Added Author). Mazal Holocaust Collection. (Added Author).

Summary:

The Turn of the Tide is build around the personal diaries of Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, who was Chief of the Imerperial General Staff and Churchill's closest military advisor. The author, Sir Arthur Bryant, terms Lord Alanbrooke's diaries "the most important of all contemporary personal records of the war". Extensive excerpts from the diaries are woven into the text together with comments on the diaries made by Lord Alanbrooke after the war.

Record details

Physical Description: xiii, 624 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1957.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: The day when heaven was falling. Defenceless island ; The saving of the army ; The fall of France ; The stronghold ; Winter of our discontent -- The winning of the initiative. The C.I.G.S. ; Search for a plan ; Hands across the sea ; A momentous journey ; Attack ; Casablanca ; Trident ; Return to Europe ; Quebec.