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Alanbrooke Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883--1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941--46) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Arthur Bryant, the initial editor of the war diaries of the
chief of the imperial General Staff, Lord Alanbrooke, presented
Roosevelt as a witless dupe of Stalin, even confecting this
unsubstantiated imputation to Roosevelt: "Of one thing I am
certain; Stalin is not an imperialist. (32) Had Swettenham had access to, or
consulted, a wider array of sources, even the Alanbrooke Diaries alone,
he might not have been so convinced of McNaughton's suitability as
an army commander and been less inclined to believe that McNaughton had
been unjustly removed from command of the First Canadian Army. In the 1920s while reviewing the artillery developments of World
War I, Lord Alanbrooke lamented the competing demands of artillery
mobility and lethality. |
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