Fighting the People's War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War
- ISBN-10
- 1107030951
- ISBN-13
- 9781107030954
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 848
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-01-24
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Jonathan Fennell
Description
Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealth armies. He analyses why the great battles were won and lost and how the men that fought went on to change the world.
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