Pouring with Rain - Troops Fed Up: British Second Army and the Liberation Offensive in Flanders 1918 Williams Dennis
In September 1918 Second Army was the weakest of the British Armies on the Western Front; many of its formations had been rebuilt through young conscripts and men reclassified as fit for the…
Specifikacia Pouring with Rain - Troops Fed Up: British Second Army and the Liberation Offensive in Flanders 1918 Williams Dennis
In September 1918 Second Army was the weakest of the British Armies on the Western Front; many of its formations had been rebuilt through young conscripts and men reclassified as fit for the frontline. It was, however, commanded by General Herbert Plumer ('Plumer of Messines'), considered by some historians to be perhaps the most successful of the British generals. During the final months of the First World War, Second Army fought and won two major battles. In coalition with Belgian and French forces in the Groupe d'Arm es des Flandres, Second Army became the spearhead of a successful war of liberation which drove the German occupying forces out of Flanders. Its victories assisted Allied forces to clear the Channel coast, and led to the liberation of occupied Belgium. The story is presented from the perspective of Second Army and is based largely on original research - primarily the war