Why Was General Richard O'Connor's Command in Northwest Europe Less Effective Than Expected?
Major Sam E. A. Cates
ISBN: | 9781786250339 |
Publisher: | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Published: | 6 November, 2015 |
Format: | eBook |
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Why Was General Richard O'Connor's Command in Northwest Europe Less Effective Than Expected?
Major Sam E. A. Cates
General Richard O'Connor was the British VIII Corps commander in Normandy 1944. Previously he forged an outstanding reputation as a large unit commander in the desert of North Africa and this form suggests his command in Northwest Europe would be faultless. However, this was not the case. Some historians explain his pedestrian performance in Normandy by pointing to his two and a half years as a prisoner of war in Italy. This monograph challenges this narrative suggesting instead that O'Connor's
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