Book contents
- Fighting the People’s War
- Armies of the Second World War
- Fighting the People’s War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I The Military and Political Context
- Part II The Great Crisis of Empire
- Part III Transformation
- Part IV The Limits of Attrition
- 9 The Mediterranean
- 10 Remobilisation?
- 11 Cassino
- 12 Transformation in the Jungle
- Part V Redemption
- Part VI The Post-War World
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
10 - Remobilisation?
from Part IV - The Limits of Attrition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2019
Book contents
- Fighting the People’s War
- Armies of the Second World War
- Fighting the People’s War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I The Military and Political Context
- Part II The Great Crisis of Empire
- Part III Transformation
- Part IV The Limits of Attrition
- 9 The Mediterranean
- 10 Remobilisation?
- 11 Cassino
- 12 Transformation in the Jungle
- Part V Redemption
- Part VI The Post-War World
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
By the turn of the year 1943/4, the British and Commonwealth troops fighting in the Mediterranean ‘were tired, not only in body, but in spirit also’. A report on ‘The British Soldier in Italy’ noted that the number of exhaustion cases was now posing ‘a real problem’.
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- Fighting the People's WarThe British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War, pp. 367 - 397Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019