Another excellent lecture over at the University of Hertfordshire put on by the Herts At War project.
Tonight was Stuart Hadaway talking about the campaign in Palestine.
He told us he was a revisionist in as much as the generals of WW1 weren't all donkey's, though he says for the Palestine campaign he'll make an exception, as some basic mistakes were made. When the British pushed the Turks back from the Suez Canal area they fought a very good rear guard action. That's is to say a some force of Turks stayed put until the last minute to hold up the British as much as possible ( I say British but there were many Indian troops involved in this campaign as well) then they fell back to other positions, the British high command interpreted this as give Johnny Turk a good push & he'll run away. The British were to find this was not the case when attacking Gaza where the ground they attacked over was billiard table flat.
It was a very interesting talk though Stuarts delivery wasn't as good as some. He most certainly knew his stuff & fielded the many questions he took with ease.
Please follow this link to fond out more about the Herts At War project.www.hertsatwar.co.uk/
Tonight was Stuart Hadaway talking about the campaign in Palestine.
He told us he was a revisionist in as much as the generals of WW1 weren't all donkey's, though he says for the Palestine campaign he'll make an exception, as some basic mistakes were made. When the British pushed the Turks back from the Suez Canal area they fought a very good rear guard action. That's is to say a some force of Turks stayed put until the last minute to hold up the British as much as possible ( I say British but there were many Indian troops involved in this campaign as well) then they fell back to other positions, the British high command interpreted this as give Johnny Turk a good push & he'll run away. The British were to find this was not the case when attacking Gaza where the ground they attacked over was billiard table flat.
It was a very interesting talk though Stuarts delivery wasn't as good as some. He most certainly knew his stuff & fielded the many questions he took with ease.
Please follow this link to fond out more about the Herts At War project.www.hertsatwar.co.uk/
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