1939Nov5AvesnesIWM

Rhodes James

Sir Robert Rhodes James saw 1939 as the year that end­ed Churchill’s “Study in Fail­ure” and her­ald­ed his sequel, “A Study in Suc­cess.” On 5 Novem­ber 1939 near Avesnes, France, WSC meets British Expe­di­tionary Force Com­man­der Field Mar­shal John Gort. Lt.-Gen. Hen­ry Pow­nall, Chief of Staff, who would lat­er assist WSC in writ­ing his war mem­oirs, is at right. (Impe­r­i­al War Muse­um, pub­lic domain)

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