Vanishing Battalions: The Nature, Impact and Implications of British Infantry Reorganisation prior to the German Spring Offensives of 1918

Here is another abstract from our forthcoming book. ————————————————————————————————————————— Disputes concerning the structure of the British Armies in France (BAF),[1] alongside a concomitant disagreement over manpower provision, rumbled on during […]

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“Hopeless Inefficiency”? The Operational Performance and Transformation of Brigade Staff, 1916-1918

Another abstract from our forthcoming book. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— In his wartime memoir, Captain Gerald Burgoyne declared that the red tabs of the staff were ‘the insignia of hopeless inefficiency’. The performance […]

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