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Royal Engineer Transportation in the Suez Canal Zone,
1947-1956.
Royal Engineer Transportation in the Suez Canal Zone,
1947-1956.
Author Col. Hugh Mackintosh
ISBN:
0 948 305 10 X
First published: June 2000
Format:
Paperback; 210 x 148 mm;
72 pages;
50+ b/w photographs and plans.
Price: Offer to SVA members
£4.00 including postage.
This is an account of the experiences of Royal Engineers Transportation units operating in the Suez Canal Zone between 1947 and 1956. The units had responsibility for handling military freight trains on the Egyptian State Railway system within the zone, and running the military branch line from Suez Derby
The author is the late Col. Hugh Mackintosh who joined the army in 1946 and was subsequently commissioned in the Royal Engineers. He served in various Field Squadrons in
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Published to commemorate the Royal Navy's involvement at Suez in 1956. Were you there? Never really understood what was going on? This fine book with some fantastic photos is definitely one for your Christmas stocking.
Described by some as a military success and by others as a military failure,there is agreement that the Suez crisis was a political disaster with far-reaching consequences for Britain's role and influence in the world.
Against the background of the Cold War, the Royal Navy was called upon to land an army on a potentially hostile shore beyond the effective range of land based Allied aircraft. To do this it had to be the prime source of air cover to the fleet and the assault as well as be able to launch strikes against targets ashore. This it did and at the same time assembled a small force of carrier borne helicopters that, for the first time, lifted Royal Marines Colmmandos to the shore.
The whole operation was hindered by constant political interference that left objectives unclear and, for example, prevented the cruisers from deploying their six-inch guns in support of the troop landings.
Many of the assembled British ships were built during World War 2 and there were failings in command and control as well as equipment. Nevertheless the Royal Navy and its French allies were successful in the tasks allotted to them.
Political humiliation obscured the Navy's achievements, especially the role played by the Fleet Air Arm. No welcome awaited the returning servicemen,but the need for a 'flexible, balanced and mobile force' was at last recognised.
Good Morning Old Timers!
For your information — I have been allowed to examine the new 'Suez' book, "The Road to Suez" by Michael T. Thornhill.
The book contains over 40 illustrations and maps, with just three exceptions, all are related to 'our period', i.e., early 1950s to 1954. The pictures include, for instance: erecting barricades; troops living quarters; troops at road blocks; searching Egyptian villages and travellers; the Bureau Sanitaire; etc.
Of the nine chapters, only one deals with the 1956 Canal Nationalisation and subsequent ill-fated invasion.
Synopsis
Published on the 50th anniversary of the Suez Crisis, this compelling book offers the first full account of Britain's painful withdrawal from Egypt in the 1950s. The Egyptian emergency - which Winston Churchill called the 'Battle of the Canal Zone' - began in 1951 and ended three years later when Britain reluctantly agreed to evacuate 80,000 troops from the Suez base by 1956. Michael Thornhill explores the interaction of politics, diplomacy, strategic planning and guerrilla warfare to explain how the largest military base in the world - and the defining feature of Britain's global power status - was relinquished. In so doing, new light is shed on the origins of the disastrous re-invasion of Egypt in the autumn of 1956. The real folly of 'Suez' is thus revealed as never before. The key themes of "Road to Suez" - Western imperialism in the Middle East, the rise of Arab nationalism and militant Islam, the politics of 'regime change' - have a contemporary resonance which will engage anyone wishing to understand the Middle East today.
The Road to Suez by Michael T. Thornhill - Hardback @ £19.99
There appears to be more than one publisher, and discounts are available.
Amazon are offering the book @ £15.94, including p & p.
ISBN No. 0750 9444 71
Bottom line: from what I've seen, I'm impressed by the content. I will buy it.
Regards GEOFFREY
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There as a website for Captain Donald Macintosh - Royal Air Force
bomber pilot of a lancaster bomber in 1944.
He was interviewed for 36 minutes on his experiences. You can read or / and
listen to what he went through. It's quite a unique interview as you can
imagine. (He was on the squadron that sank the Tirpitz.)
