British Army communications in the Second World War : lifting the fog of battle /: lifting the fog of battle. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simon Godfrey.
• Other Names: Godfrey, S (Simon)
• Contents: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Series Editors' Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Theories of command, control and communications; Overview; Chapter 2 The Pre-war Period; Technical and financial developments; Command, control and communications doctrine, and signals security; Communications training in the 1920s and 1930s; Imperial policing; Chapter 3 The Phoney War and Dunkirk 1939-40; Active operations May-June 1940; Reconnaissance; Communications at GHQ; Communications between and within formations; OOD ® A: Delivery of Orders. Chapter 4 1940-43: Home Forces: The Army in the UKThe aftermath of Dunkirk; Home Forces 1940-43; Infantry; Artillery; Armour; Signals training 1940-43; Individual training; Unit and formation exercises; Chapter 5 The Western Desert 1939-42; The build-up of forces in 1939 and 1940; The defeat of the Italian Army, December 1940-February 1941; Developments in command and communications, March 1941-September 1942; Command structure; Security issues; The effect of communications on the performance of the British Army between March 1941 and September 1942. Second Alamein, October-November 1942, and the pursuit into CyrenaicaChapter 6 Operation Torch and Tunisia 1942-43; Operation TORCH; First Army operations November 1942 to April 1943; Security issues in Eighth Army after Second Alamein, January-April 1943; The meeting of First and Eighth Armies, March-May 1943; The Godwin-Austen Committee; designing a consistent army-wide communications system; Chapter 7 Sicily and Italy, 1943-44; Training between victory in Tunisia and the invasion of Sicily; The major amphibious landings and river crossings; HUSKY (Sicily); AVALANCHE (Salerno) SHINGLE (Anzio)The crossing of the River Garigliano; Airborne operations; Land operations; The effect of communications on the outcome of the campaign; Chapter 8 North-West Europe, 1944-45; Operation OVERLORD; Infantry, Armoured and Artillery communications in North-West Europe; Communications during the pursuit across France, the crossing of the Rhine and the pursuit into Germany; Airborne landings on D-Day (June 1944), at Arnhem (September 1944) and during the crossing of the Rhine (March 1945); Signals security in North-West Europe; Chapter 9 Conclusions. 'Voice Control': Developments in wireless between 1939 and 1945Appendix I: British Wireless Sets; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Appendix; Bibliography; Unpublished primary sources; Published primary sources; Memoirs and edited collections of original documents; Published secondary sources; Articles in Journals; Chapters in published collections of essays; Unpublished Theses; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 358.24094109044; Communications, Military -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- Communications; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Armed Forces -- Communication systems; Communications, Military; Electronic books; History; Communication systems -- History -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441108920; 1441108920
• Related ISBNs: 9781441190390; 1441190392
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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