The 46th (North Midland) Division was one of the best divisions by 1918 but it was also one which experienced one of the sharpest learning curves of the Great War. Learning curves were related to survival of trench warfare and learning from post-batt...
John Jellicoe (1859-1935) was famously described as ‘The only man who could have lost the war in an afternoon’ by Winston Churchill in his book ‘The World Crisis.’
Jellicoe, born in Hampshire to a family with naval traditions, joined the Navy ...
The RFC, and the RAF which replaced it when the two air services RFC and RNAS joined on 1 April 1918, had two primary objectives – photographic reconnaissance and artillery observation. Scout aircraft would be employed to shoot down the German phot...
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Articles from Camaraderie, the magazine of US Branch of the Association. An article from the July 2003 issue.
In November 2002, Camaraderie published "A New York Yank Narrates A Costly Victory at St. Mihiel" by Clark and Clark. The article reproduced ...
Introduction
Winston Leonard Spencer 'Winnie' Churchill (hereafter WLSC) had an amazing war. He strode the dizzy heights of high office and public acclaim. But felt the pangs of public approbation, taking the major blame for failed policies of war for...