At 09:22 PM 1/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: >><snipped some stuff from Brett about the Australian Generals Monash and >>Chauvel> > >Strange how I can find no mention of Generals Monash or Chauvel in my >histories of WWI (I have Keegan's The First World War; Marshall's World >War I; and Liddell-Hart's The Real War 1914-1918). Admittedly, no >historian can cover all personalities and aspects of a particular war, and >other division and corps commanders are also not covered, but this is a >bit bothersome. I'll have to do some digging to improve my knowledge of >these two men. Monash seems to be one of that rare breed of general: the >person who can adapt to changing circumstances. Thanks for bringing him to >my attention. > >(The fact that Monash and Chauvel are not mentioned in general histories >of the war [at least the ones I own], kinda confirms a suspicion of mine >that Australian troops and their generals receive short shrift in >non-Australian histories. For example, in the WWII Pacific Theatre, >General Sir Thomas Blaney performed outstanding work organizing, training >and leading his country's troops. Yet he is barely mentioned in the >general histories.) > >john
Now this is weird. Less than an hour after posting the above, I was digging through my pile of "to be read" stuff and came across the Winter 2002 edition of Military History Quarterly. It has an article about General Monash. Guess I have to get through the pile a lot quicker. john
