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Victorious Donkeys? British Generals and Generalship of the First World War Reconsidered

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Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures
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The Professor of War Studies at Wolverhampton University, a leading British military historian of the First World War, explodes some myths about British generalship and the performance of the British Army.

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Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures
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Gary Sheffield
Keywords
world war one
#ww1
great war
first world war
military
Somme
Hague
history
military history
Department: Christ Church
Date Added: 11/02/2014
Duration: 00:46:22

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