Ironside : the authorised biography of Lord Ironside, 1880-1959
Ironside, Edmund2018
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Field Marshal Ironside was a born commander and, besides being a gifted linguist, was mobilised as a Subaltern for the Boer War to act as a secret agent and to streamline the peace process. With an appetite for battle, in World War One he became the Allied C-in-C of the Expeditionary Force in North Russia and, being ranked as a knighted Major General at the age of 39, he then modernised the Staff training to deal with armoured and aerial warfare. His Generalship was tested out in the Raj and, in 1939, on the day war was declared, the British Army leadership as CIGS was placed in his hands, so that he was able to defend Calais and free-up the BEF escape route to Dunkirk. Back in business as C-in-C Home Forces he was given his baton. Ironside surely had one of the most varied and long military careers of any military leader in the 20th century.
Main title:
Ironside : the authorised biography of Lord Ironside, 1880-1959 / Edmund Ironside.
Author:
Ironside, Edmund, author
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2018.
Collation:
416 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780750963794 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1114441
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