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Great Contemporaries
Great Contemporaries: Paul Reynaud, Some Answers and a Question
25
Jan
2022
Great Contemporaries: Georges Clemenceau, Tiger of France (1)
16
Dec
2021
Great Contemporaries: Montgomery, Right Man at the Right Time (Part 2)
30
Sep
2021
1
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
“He’d never get us killed, stupid like…” Britain’s soldiers needed a general who wouldn't squander their lives. In Montgomery they found one.
Great Contemporaries: Montgomery, Right Man at the Right Time (Part 1)
23
Sep
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Montgomery took command of the 8th Army at a time when Britain and Churchill desperately needed a victory. It was left to him to deliver it.
Great Contemporaries: Claude Auchinleck, Soldier of the Raj (Part 2)
16
Sep
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
London has no statue of Claude Auchinleck, the man who stopped Rommel and the last commander of the Indian Army. Perhaps there should be one.
Great Contemporaries: Claude Auchinleck, Soldier of the Raj (Part 1)
09
Sep
2021
Great Contemporaries: William Stephenson, “A Quiet Canadian”
02
Sep
2021
By RON CYNEWULF ROBBINS
A Canadian hero dear to Churchill, Stephenson deserved better than he received at the hands of biographers and a disbelieving public.
Great Contemporaries: Archibald Wavell, Man of Silences (Part 2)
29
Jul
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Churchill believed any obstacle could be surmounted, while Wavell prepared for the worst. Both traits had served Britain well.
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Great Contemporaries: Archibald Wavell, Man of Silences (Part 1)
22
Jul
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Confronted with the seeming impossible in the Middle East, Wavell acquitted himself well and was promoted as often as he was sacked.
Great Contemporaries: Louis Spears, Liaison to the French
05
Jul
2021
1
Great Contemporaries: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (Part 2)
25
Mar
2021
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Lady Violet: “He had no doubts about his star. He felt that he had been preserved through many perils in order to fulfil its purpose.”
Great Contemporaries: Violet Bonham Carter (Part 1)
13
Mar
2021