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B. H. Liddell Hart

Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian and military theorist. He wrote a series of military histories that proved influential among strategists. He argued that frontal assault was a strategy that was bound to fail at great cost in lives as happened in the First World War. He instead recommended the "indirect approach" and reliance on fast-moving armoured formations.

His pre-war publications are known to have influenced German wartime strategy, though he was accused of prompting captured generals to exaggerate his part in the development of blitzkrieg tactics. He also helped promote the Rommel myth and the "clean Wehrmacht" argument for political purposes, when the Cold War necessitated the recruitment of a new West German army.

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British historian and theoretician of war (1895-1970)

Born 31 Oct 1895
Died 29 Jan 1970

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British historian and theoretician of war (1895-1970)

Born 31 Oct 1895
Died 29 Jan 1970
Subjects
History, Military art and science, War, World War, 1914-1918, Campaigns, Defenses, Great Britain, Military History, Biography, Generals, Great Britain. Army, Military history, Strategy, World War, 1939-1945, Military campaigns, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Histoire militaire, Military biography, Scipio, africanus, approximately 236 b.c.-183 b.c., Tactics, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, World war, 1914-1918, Armed Forces, Campagnes et batailles, Generals, biography
Places
Great Britain, Europe, United States, Germany, Soviet Union, War. 0, Arab countries, Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, France, Middle East, Rome, Turkey and the Near East
People
William T. Sherman (1820-1891), Basil Henry Liddell Hart Sir (1895-1970), Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Herzog von Friedland (1583-1634), Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Herzog von Friedland, 1583-1634, B. H. Liddell Hart (1895-1970), Basil Liddell Hart, Ferdinand Foch, Genghis Khan (1162-1227), Gustaf II Adolf King of Sweden (1594-1632), James Wolfe (1727-1759), Maurice Saxe comte de (1696-1750), Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), Sabutai, Sabutai (ca. 1172-1245), Sabutal, Scipio Africanus (b. B.C. 236), Scipio Africanus (b.B.C. 236), Scipio Africanus (ca. 236-183 B.C), T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), Winston Churchill Sir (1874-1965)
Time
20th century, 1933-1945, 1945-, 1955-, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1914-, 1918-1945, 265-30 B.C., Civil war, 1861-1865

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