Point Of Failure - Philip McCarty

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 Simultaneous Strategic Failures In Europe - In France & Belgium From May To June And In Norway From April To May. Point Of Failure Considers A Specific Set Of British Army Officers, Brigadiers, Who Served There. In 1940, While The Rank Of Brigadier Existed, It Was More A Holding Rank For An Officer Occupying A Post Temporarily To Fulfil A Role, After Which He Would Either Revert To Colonel Or Be Advanced To Major General.