The Lessons of War: The Experiences of Seven Future Leaders in the First World War
William Van der Kloot, "The Lessons of War: The Experiences of Seven Future Leaders in the First World War"
English | ISBN: 1845886348 | 2009 | 240 pages | MOBI | 770 KB
English | ISBN: 1845886348 | 2009 | 240 pages | MOBI | 770 KB
William Van der Kloot examines the experiences of seven future national leaders during the World War I. Adolf Hitler served on the Western Front for four years; Charles de Gaulle was bayoneted and captured at Verdun; Benito Mussolini was so badly wounded that he was discharged as a hero; Gustav Mannerheim was a cavalry commander who fought on the Eastern Front; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk commanded a division at the Battle of Gallipoli; Harold Macmillan was wounded at Loos and again at the Somme; and Herbert Hoover, although a civilian, organized humanitarian relief in German-occupied Europe, especially Belgium. Combining information gleaned from memoirs, diaries, biographies, and regimental histories, this book illustrates how these experiences formed them into the men remembered by history.
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