Военная история / From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902–1914 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)

Название: From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902–1914 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
Автор: Spencer Jones
Издательство: University of Oklahoma Press
Год: 2013
Страниц: 311
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 10 MB

The British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I was tiny by the standards of the other belligerent powers. Yet, when deployed to France in 1914, it prevailed against the German army because of its professionalism and tactical skill, strengths developed through hard lessons learned a dozen years earlier. In October 1899, the British went to war against the South African Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State, expecting little resistance. A string of early defeats in the Boer War shook the military’s confidence. Historian Spencer Jones focuses on this bitter combat experience in From Boer War to World War, showing how it crucially shaped the British Army’s tactical development in the years that followed.