WW2: Churchill's Forgotten Field Marshal Alan Brooke

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🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In the shadows of Montgomery, Alexander and Eisenhower, Field Marshal Alan Brooke’s extraordinary contributions as a strategist and leader have been largely forgotten over time. His experiences stretching across the First and Second World War, he held an incredible list of accolades and was one of Churchill’s key advisors leading Britain to victory over the Nazis. In this episode, former paratrooper and Second World War expert Bill Duff takes us through the incredible life of Alan Brooke.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the history hit Warfare Podcast. I'm your host James Rogers, and in this episode we are looking at the life and remarkable service of Britain's forgotten Field Marshal.
0:10.3	That is Field Marshal Viscount Allenbrook, the man who helped save over 340,000 troops at Dunkirk, he spoke truth to power with Churchill and readied Britain's defenses for what was thought to be
0:24.3	Hitler's inevitable invasion of Britain. To tell us pretty much everything there is to
0:29.2	know about Allenbrook we have the fantastic Bill Duff.
0:33.2	Bill served in the parachute regiment and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
0:37.2	He has a PhD from St Andrews and is a fellow of the University of Luffborough.
0:41.9	What Bill doesn't know about Allenbrook isn't worth knowing. So here he is,
0:46.4	Bill Duff on Allenbrook, Britain's forgotten field marshal. So. Hi Bill, Thanks for coming on to Warfare. How you doing today?
1:07.0	I'm doing very well, thank you.
1:09.0	I just had an obituary published on Friday in the Dilly Telegraph which has put me a good form.
1:14.3	It's a great former SIS soldier and he sadly died far too young and I was just glad to get some recognition
1:22.0	for himself and for his family. So yes on good form thank you.
1:25.5	Oh amazing what was his name? Tommy turtle, Major Tommy turtle, late of the Royal Irish
1:31.3	regiment and the SAS.
1:33.2	Oh, fascinating.
1:34.4	Well, it is great to have you on the podcast.
1:37.0	You are a man of many, many talents.
1:39.1	You yourself served in the parachute regiment and the Royal Ulster Const Constabulary and of course you've got a PhD from some Andrews
1:46.0	but one of your many talents is your historical knowledge and interest in Field Marshal Viscount Allenbrook. So tell us who was Allenbrook?
1:55.7	Well, James, it's an absolute pleasure to give it a go.
2:00.0	Field Marshall Viscount Allenbrook is largely a forgotten man today and in fact he wasn't even terribly well known during the war and while he was alive because he was a man who never really sought the limelight unlike some other generals.
2:14.8	Only about 15 years after the war, the Lieutenant General Sir Brown Horrocks,
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