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Dunkirk to D-Day: The Men and Women of the RAOC and Re-Arming the British Army by Philip Hamlyn Williams (Hardcover, 2021)

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At Dunkirk, the withdrawing army left behind most of its equipment, yet only four years later, on D-Day, troops would wonder at the efficiency of supply. This book looks at the lives of some of the men who led the monumental effort which led to this result. The story begins in Victorian south London. It goes out to Portuguese East Africa and then to Malaya, before being caught in the maelstrom of the Great War. Between the wars, its leading characters work at Pilkington, Dunlop and English Steel; they serve in Gallipoli, Gibraltar and Malta; they transform the way a mechanised army is supplied. They supply in the desert and the jungle. They build massive depots, and relationships with motor companies here and in the USA. After the war they work for companies driving the post-war economy: Vickers, Dunlop and Rootes. Many died, exhausted, years before their time. AUTHOR: Phil Hamlyn Williams's father, Major-General Sir Leslie ('Bill') Williams, was head of the RAOC in WW2. His mother, Major-General Williams's secretary and later wife, kept albums, diaries and recollections which recorded the work of the RAOC in remarkable details. Now a historian, Phil has written 'War on Wheels' and 'Ordnance' on the history of the RAOC in the first and second world wars. 40 b/w illustrations

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PublisherPen & Sword Books LTD

ISBN-139781526794307

eBay Product ID (ePID)9049052566

Product Key Features

Publication Year2021

SubjectHistory

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDunkirk to D-Day: the Men and Women of the Raoc and Re-Arming the British Army

TypeTextbook

AuthorPhilip Hamlyn Williams

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height234 mm

Item Width156 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorPhilip Hamlyn Williams