British analysis of the performance of the BEF in France 1940

[pierre the shy]

Came across this recently while looking for something completely different, but thought it might be of interest here. (My message bar is not working at the moment).

Post-Dunkirk official British analysis of the performance of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France 1939 - 40:

https://archive.org/details/FinalReportOfTheBartholomewCommitteeOnLessonsToBeLearntFromTheOperationsInFlanders/page/n9/mode/2up

[Steve J]

Thanks for this, which I look forward to reading when I have a quiet moment or two:).

[John Cook]

Thanks for that.  An interesting document.  I had a quick look at it in order to see if it mentioned anything about the differences in performance of some of Territorial v Regular units.  The behaviour of some regular battalions was disappointing while some Territorials punched well above their weight.  I think the consensus these days is that the BEF in 1940 was not nearly as good as the BEF in 1914.