The Military Papers of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Volume 1: 1940-42

by Timothy Bowman

Key documents relating to Auchinleck's career up to the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942, including his time as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and of the Middle East Theatre.

The outbreak of war in 1939 saw the then Lieutenant General Claude Auchinleck recalled to England to take command of the newly formed 4 Corps. Between April and June 1940 he commanded British troops in the ill-fated Norway campaign. He then returned to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1838387706
• ISBN13: 9781838387709
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Army Records Society
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.6" x 8.7"