Allenby, A Study In Greatness: The Biography Of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby Of Megiddo And Felixstowe

by Archibald Wavell

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336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1941

About the author

Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the Great War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. He served in the Second World War, initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italians in western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by the German Army in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 (apart from a brief tour as Commander of ABDACOM) and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947.

Reviews

[Jan]

Somewhat uneven and repetitious, but with glimpses of brilliance for example in the discussion of the Palestine campaign, where BTW the author was also present