Point of Failure: British Brigadiers in France and Norway 1940

An examination of if British Army Brigadiers' survival and advancement post—1940 defeats were influenced by their pre—war backgrounds.

Point of Failure is an innovative study that examines whether or how a select group of British Army officers – Brigadiers – survived two immediate strategic defeats due to their pre—war social, professional and military backgrounds and continued to serve and advance – or not – thereafter.

By the early summer of 1940, the British Army had suffered two simultane...