General staff ghq (6 risultati)

Condizione: New. SB. 54pp This official document, dated 6th March 1924, lists the names of 898 officers being demobilised from the Irish Defence Forces on 7th March 1924 and a further 33 who resigned, effective from the same day. The details given in each case include name and rank and the unit in which the officer was serving at the time, and in many cases, the appointment held. This action was the result of the decision to reduce the strength of the force (marine, coastal and army) from the May 1923 figure of 55,000 to 31,300 by January 1924. Many officers bitterly resented being demobilised and a number of them at the Curragh refused to accept their papers and were charged for insubordination, court-martialled and sentenced to dismissal. A technical slip-up meant the sentence could not be confirmed but before a re-trial could be held the officers concerned had been persuaded to accept. Some officers who were not earmarked for demob took leave of the army in their own way. Over fifty made off with arms and ammunition and almost the same number resigned - including three major generals and five colonels. This was a very turbulent period in the history of the newly formed independent Irish Free State, which had just emerged from the bitter Irish Civil War of 1922-23, and needed to reduce its armed forces. The 898 in this list are those who acceptd their papers without protest; those with asterisks against their names resigned. At the end are seven names, officers dismissed the service for the reasons given. Book.…

Condizione: New. SB Published Price £18 This excellent reference document provides the complete breakdown of the BEF on the Western Front, as it was at the time of the 1918 Armistice, by army, corps and divisions, with an index to individual units showing their attachment to higher formations. As a research tool it has one major advantage over the later published 'Order of Battle of Divisions' compiled by Becke in that it lists the Line of Communications, army and corps troops. Everything is here right down to the Pigeon Service with its mobile and fixed lofts, and the Messenger Dog Sections. An added interest is the Order of Battle of the two divisions of the Portuguese Expeditionary Force. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Not applicable. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Order of Battle of the British Armies in France. Including lines of Communication Units and Order of Battle of the Portuguese Expeditionary Force. November 11th 1918 Author: Publisher: Imperial War Museum Year Published: 1989 Edition: Facsimile Reprint of original document Dimensions: 29.5cm x 21cm Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 0901627496 Notes: SKU: VSS / 128 / H / 2092 / 1248 / C Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable Book condition: Good. Handling marks, marks Binding: Intact Pages: 121 pages.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Reprint. Cream covers modern reprint of OB at end of the Great War. Very tidy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Original staple-bound printed self wraps 12x19cm. viii, 128pp complete with 3 colour folding operations maps and 5 b/w figures of which 4 full-page and 1 folding, bound in. Near fine except for rust residue around the staples, lightly tanned. Based on reports and material from GHQ Cairo, this describes and draws lessons from the two major battles at El Alamein (defensive from 30 Aug to 6 Sep, and offensive from 23 Oct to 4 Nov) and subsequent early part of the advance on Tripoli and Tunis. Some lessons relate only to the Libyan Desert, while others have broader applicability. It contains: Part I. Narrative of Operations; II. Lessons for all Arms (general, command and control, communications, intelligence, security, camouflage and tactical ruses, control of movement, army - air cooperation); III. Lessons by Arms (armour in cooperation with infantry, armour in a mobile role, artillery, engineers, signals, infantry); IV. Administrative Lessons (general, reinforcements, supply and transport, medical and hygiene, stores and vehicles, recovery and repair); V. Enemy methods (Axis, enemy defences, defensive ruses, minefields). Appendices include dril for night attacks and account of successful defensive action. The maps show both sets of operations and the break out, and the figures show military movements and layout.…

1st thus. 79 pages, Illustrated with 21 full page plates and text illustrations from photographs and line drawings 9 of the photographic plates shows a soldier throwing grenades ( 1 loose), 12 plates of line drawings of grenade breakdowns, . Stapled bound publishers brown card covers titled in black some rusting to the staples. This edition replaced no 74 "training and Employment of Grenadiers" (Oct, 1915).…