General 'boy' : the life of lieutenant general Sir Frederick Browning, GCVO, KBE, CB, DSO, DL /

This is the first biography of 'Boy' Browning, whose name is inextricably linked with the creation and employment of Britain's airborne forces in the Second World War. Commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, Browning served on the Western Front, earning a DSO during the Battle of Camb...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mead, Richard, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2010.
Temas:
Browning, Frederick, > 1896-1965.
Du Maurier, Daphne, > 1907-1989 > Marriage.
Browning, Frederick, > 1896-1965
Du Maurier, Daphne, > 1907-1989
Browning, Frederick.
Great Britain. > Royal Air Force > Officers > Biography.
Great Britain. > Royal Air Force
1939-1945
Generals > Great Britain > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British.
Généraux > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations aériennes britanniques.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Armed Forces > Officers
Generals
Marriage
Military operations, Aerial > British
Great Britain
Biographie.
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Maps; Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; Introduction; Prologue; 1. Family (1335-1896); 2. Tommy (1896-1914); 3. Boy (1914-1916); 4. Trenches (1916-1918); 5. Peace (1918-1924); 6. Sandhurst (1924-1928); 7. Hiatus (1928-1931); 8. Daphne (1931-1932); 9. Marriage (1932-1939); 10. Brigadier (1939-1941); 11. Pegasus (1941-1942); 12. Expansion (1942); 13. Setbacks (1942-1943); 14. Adviser (1943); 15. Corps (December 1943-June 1944); 16. Frustration (6 June-9 September 1944); 17. Sixteen (10-16 September 1944); 18. Market (17-20 September 1944); 19. Garden (21-24 September 1944)
  • 20. Tragedy (24 September-9 October 1944)21. Verdict (10-26 September 1944); 22. Aftermath (October-December 1944); 23. Kandy (December 1944-May 1945); 24. Victory (May-November 1945); 25. Singapore (November 1945-July 1946); 26. Return (July 1946-December 1947); 27. Princess (1948-1952); 28. Duke (1952-1956); 29. Breakdown (1956-1959); 30. Finale (1959-1965); 31. Postscript (1965-1989); 32. Retrospective; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Abbreviations; Notes; Acknowledgements; Sources & Bibliography; Index

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