Well done Paul, and quite correct. In every respect the One Hundred Days created a pattern of successful ‘methodical’ warfighting that entirely outclassed the Germans and became the basis of success at El Alamein. It’s such a pity that the British Army forgot Amiens after 1919. It’s the subject of a book I’m writing now with Richard Dannatt: how an army can sell its birthright (high intensity warfighting learned the hard way) for a mess of potage (imperial policing)
Well done Paul, and quite correct. In every respect the One Hundred Days created a pattern of successful ‘methodical’ warfighting that entirely outclassed the Germans and became the basis of success at El Alamein. It’s such a pity that the British Army forgot Amiens after 1919. It’s the subject of a book I’m writing now with Richard Dannatt: how an army can sell its birthright (high intensity warfighting learned the hard way) for a mess of potage (imperial policing)
I'd still say that the British Army of 1918 could operate in Normandy 1944 and still be one of the most effective units in county