Henry Rawlinson
person
6 mentions
5 recordings
first heard Mar 2025
last heard 18 Aug
↑3 vs the 6 months before
Commander of 4th Army who favored limited operations
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Peak in the week of 18 Aug — 2 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentDr. Spencer JonesWW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! · Episode 140: Flers-Courcelette: The Somme's Tactical Turning... · 51:44 · 18 Aug
…Douglas Haig leaning much more towards breakthrough, Rawlinson leading much more to battles like Fleur's Corselet, where the objectives are measurable and manageable.…
Dr. Spencer JonesWW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! · Episode 140: Flers-Courcelette: The Somme's Tactical Turning... · 51:30 · 18 Aug
…And this goes back to a a debate and if you've been following us listeners through this series, it keeps cropping up about the different visions between Douglas Haig, overall commander, and Henry Rawlinson, who's commanding Fourth Army, which has launched this attack.…
Dr. Spencer JonesWW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! · Episode 137: Night Attack on the Somme: Bazentin Ridge 1916 · 27:01 · 27 Jul
…And here we see the tension between Hague and Rawlinson.…
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