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The War Between the Generals: Inside the Allied High Command Hardcover – 10 Feb. 2010

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This is one of the great untold stories of our time - that of the little band of generals entrusted with a historic task: invading and liberating Nazi-occupied Europe. They were supposed to be fighting the Germans, but some of their fiercest battles were fought against each other. At the center was the Supreme Commander himself, Dwight D. Eisenhower - sincere, indecisive, desperate to hold the Alliance together. Against him was Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery, who strove ceaselessly to gain authority. Cavilling against them both were the others - the outrageous Patton, the dogged Bradley, the bomber barons like Spaatz, Vandenberg, and Butcher Harris, and Trafford Leigh-Mallory. After the war, there was a cover-up. Not until David Irving began his research did the full truth emerge. Among his unexpected discoveries was the wickedly candid diary of the obscure general who was Eisenhower s eyes and ears . Through this and other private accounts we see the war as the generals lived it - squabbling over perks and preferences, taking their mistresses with them on to the battlefield, and there are revelations about General Patton that will amaze. There are other surprises - General de Gaulle s use of torture upon his fellow Frenchmen is one, and a clear attempt by the Allies to get rid of him is another. This book is a history of command. It shows how the ambitions and personalities of the men at the top affect the course of a war and the lives of the ordinary mortals in the field.
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    456 pages
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    Focal Point Publications
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    10 Feb. 2010
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    15.88 x 3.56 x 23.5 cm
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    1872197280
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    978-1872197289
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Focal Point Publications; Focal Point Classic Reissue edition (10 Feb. 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1872197280
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1872197289
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 3.56 x 23.5 cm
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David John Cawdell Irving

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Born on March 24, 1938, Irving is the son of a Royal Navy commander. He attended Imperial College of Science & Technology and University College London and later spent time in Germany working in a Thyssen steel mill to improve his German language skills. He is known for his extensive archival research and has published around thirty books, with notable works including “Hitler’s War”, “The Trail of the Fox: The Life of Field-Marshal Rommel“, and “Göring: a Biography”. He has also translated several works by other authors.

David Irving lived for over thirty years in Grosvenor Square, London, and is the father of five daughters. His youngest daughter is Jessica, while his other daughters are Josephine (who tragically passed away in 1999), Pilar, Paloma, and Beatrice. Irving’s first major publication was “The Destruction of Dresden” in 1963, which became a bestseller. He has also written works only published in German, such as documentation on the 1944 Morgenthau Plan, and continues to work on historical biographies.

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daveyp.
5.0 out of 5 stars What David Irving could have been...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2019
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Reading this book filled me with sadness. Why couldn't David Irving have simply stuck to writing sound, straightforward military history like this book...instead of all the 'Holocaust revisionism' and pro-Hitler stuff with which he has sullied his reputation. Some of Irving's work has quite rightly been denounced as pro-Nazi propaganda. He has brought shame upon himself with many of his public utterances. This excellent book sticks to facts instead and had David Irving kept on with such books then he would be counted in the top rank of WW2 historians. What a tragedy that he did not do so.
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jacqueline stanton
5.0 out of 5 stars war of the generals
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i enjoyed reading this book, its abit like reading a gossip magazine -i could not put it down,ive read alot of history books and has far as this one was concerned ,its like reading alot of bitchy diaries by stroppy teenagers ,the sad fact is-they were all self serving generals
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5.0 out of 5 stars truth
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What more can be said about the marvelous research of this 'Truth Historian' He denies nothing but publishes facts researched and found hidden in secretive files and deceipt that is the hallmark of so many historical regimes, aged old, when it comes to mankind.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I ordered
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J. C. Hobday
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
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The much maligned David Irving. All his works are the result of detailed research in the field by an accomplished polymath, (himself). Contrast this with the pc ramblings of many armchair historians.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book to ponder
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A much forgotten brilliant author with lots to say
Really an amazing book
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3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
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Interesting but not of a very high profile
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5.0 out of 5 stars DAVID IRVING, THE TRUTHSEEKER
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More excellent historical work by the best British historian, much reviled for speaking the truth.
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H. M. Knudsen
5.0 out of 5 stars Often Left Out Truths About the Frictions Between the Allied Leadership in Europe
Reviewed in the United States on 3 March 2019
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This is an untold story of the primary American and British leaders who led the great invasion of the France through the end of hostilities in 1945. It is untold because Irving brings out all the frictions between them, which are mostly ignored or inadequately covered in mainstream history books.
The key players are Churchill, Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, Spaatz, DeGaulle, Tedder, and Leigh-Mallory who get the most attention by Irving. He does touch on the other subordinates of three star and a few division commanders of two star rank as necessary.
This is my third book by Irving, and I found this a departure from the style of his Rommel and Milch books, which of course were more narrowly focused on these Marshals. The reader will soon realize this is an immense task that Irving accomplished; putting proper context and coverage of all the events and how these personalities navigated through the events and through each other.
One of the great myths Irving dispels is that D-Day was a well-executed invasion. Patton, for example, did not think so. He felt the landing area was too narrow, and would allow the Germans to more easily contain it and defeat it. Irving also well shows that Eisenhower, Bradley, and Montgomery were following a path of containment by the Germans with their slow and careful movement inland. By July 1944, the Germans were starting to move enough reinforcements into the area, and Eisenhower was less confident a war of movement would be possible as the Germans were punishing the Allied formations more and more. He made the comment at this time, he wished his leaders were like Patton, and it was at this time he decided to make 3rd Army operational and let Patton lead it. It was the use of Patton and his different mindset who got movement going. Irving strongly highlights Patton as the best the Allies had, and it was his movements that well showed Bradley and Montgomery and Eisenhower were entirely too hesitant. A great quote by Patton Irving chose was: “One should never penalize a commander for mistakes due to audacity.” In contrast to this, a surprising comment by Montgomery at the start of the Battle of the Bulge, well exemplifies the diffference. He wrote to Churchill concerned that “if the Germans push us out again, (from Europe) we can’t go through Dunkirk this time, they hold that this time.”
Irving also exemplifies the qualities of the German military, and how professionally it conducted itself, despite the misguided Fȕhrer directives to hold ground and not allow it to operationally maneuver (resulting in the loss of masses of troops and material in the Falaise pocket). It was the Germans, who took great pains to care for the French civilian population casualties from the Allied bombing campaign. “The Germans had prepared forty thousand extra hospital beds throughout northern France, with twenty-eight thousand more standing by in Paris and Brussels.”
It is probably these aspects of the war that Irving brings out in his books that his detractors hate. Things that prove the German Wehrmacht were not bad guys, but men of honor who felt a responsibility for the French people as occupiers. Or how Patton “came to admire the Germans, the very people he had been fighting. Everything he saw of Russians, Poles, and Jews aroused loathing in him.” In August 1944 Patton wrote his wife, “The stuff in the papers about fraternization is all wet…writing done by Jews to get revenge…” The Patton papers Irving brings out extensively in his work, and he hides nothing.
Other than simply printing the unvarnished truth about what these great men thought of each other at times, and what they thought of the situations they were in during the campaigns, seems to be what Irving’s critics are against. There is nothing Irving writes (as his own opinion) about any group of people or nationality that is derogatory in this work or the other two Irving books I have read. In fact his manner if writing is sophisticated and clean as a whistle.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jolly Good Show
Reviewed in the United States on 24 March 2013
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I give 5 stars for books that I can't wait to pick up again and continue reading, and books I would reread in the future. It meets both those qualifications. It also retells events that I've read about dozens of times before yet it had fresh material and was told in a compelling way.

My only complaint is that there were a few teasers in the last pages that he did not elaborate on, such as what Eisenhower's private diary revealed about Churchill, Montgomery and others. What part(s) of "Crusade in Europe" caused the furor in Great Britain after the war? He stated that this occurred but doesn't explain why. Ike apparently had a "red-hot" secret file on Montgomery...what was in it? Montgomery's COS DeGuingand is said to have lots of damaging info on both Ike and Montgomery but none of it is revealed. Monty and Ike were said to have kept up a years-long correspondence which became "petty and cantankerous" - I'd have liked to read more about that correspondence.

I enjoyed the book very much and if someone knows the answers to subject matter that was left hanging in this one, there is yet another interesting book to be written on this subject.
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Paul Stephenson
5.0 out of 5 stars Who knew the Allied generals were so
Reviewed in the United States on 15 August 2019
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Petty. Far from the noble propaganda we are fed about WWII. Simply put, Germany was destroyed not for having the wrong ideology but for being too efficient, too strong, too intelligent. The arms race that came out of WWII was essentially German scientists Americans captured vs. the German scientists the Russians captured. It's comical what WWII has come to represent. This book is simply about the drama that almost lost the Allies the war and the insufferable arrogance of the British in their defeat (prior to the US joining) and the US's naivete about what the British would do to anyone or any nation who dared to be better than they are.
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Donald Bradshaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended for World War II Buffs or Those Interested in This Important Period in Twentieth Century History
Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2015
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David Irving is one of the foremost historians on the subject of European theater World War II history. This book is an excellent account of the Allied high command (Eisenhower, Montgomery, Bradley, etc.) and the strategic and tactical differences they shared from Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy invasion) to the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. There are many quotes taken from diaries and other sources that makes the reader feel that they are actually there at the headquarters or war rooms of World War II. I highly recommend this book to any World War II buff or those interested in this important period in Twentieth Century history.
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