First Victory: 1941 by Major Robert Lyman
It is commonly held that Montgomery's 1942 victory at El Alamein was the turning point in Britain's fortunes during the Second World War - that it was 'the end of the beginning' (Churchill). However, Robert Lyman reveals here how in the summer of 1941, beleaguered British forces put together a series of largely forgotten victories in Iraq, Syria and Iran that secured crucial supplies of oil and curbed dangerous German expansion in the region. It's an exciting story of victories achieved against the odds - fraught negotiations between London, Cairo and New Delhi, hastily assembled troops and campaigns fought and won in harsh desert conditions. The siege of the RAF base at Lake Habbaniya in Iraq is a brilliant example of this, and forms one of the most exciting passages in the book. 1941 could have been the year in which Britain lost the war - Lyman reveals here how close we came.
"* 'This is a first rate book, and without a doubt the best account of Bill Slim's conduct of the Burma CampaignIt was said that Slim had 'the head of a general and the heart of a private soldier.' Reading Robert Lyman's beautifully written and carefully researched account, we can see why.' Dr. Richard Holmes * 'Robert Lyman...asserts that Slim was the outstanding British general of the war. He is surely right.' Sunday Telegraph * 'Lyman is good on strategy...A former army officer, he is also astute on what it took to fight the war on the ground, with stretched supply lines and the need for long-range drops.' The Sunday Times"
Major Robert Lyman was an officer in the British Army for twenty years. He is the acclaimed author of Slim, Master of War: Burma and the Birth of Modern Warfare and First Victory: Britain's Forgotten Struggle in the Middle East, 1941. He lives in Berkshire, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845291082 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845291085 |
| Title | First Victory: 1941 |
| Author | Major Robert Lyman |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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