John F.C. Fuller

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    John F.C. Fuller married Margaretha "Sonia" Karnatz, the same year he was promoted to a captain. He married her at the age of 27.
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    Battle of Cambrai

    John F.C. Fuller was the Chief of Staff of the Tank Corps ,He led to use their armor against the German line. The British were 44,207 killed, wounded, and German casualties were around 45,000.
  • The Western Front's Battle

    The Western Front's Battle
    It was the first time that tanks were in an offensive attack. This created a new method for future methods of combat. This attack was successful.
  • Became Chief instructor .

    Became Chief instructor .
    This year he became the instructor Of Camberly Staff College from 1923-1926. Later in 1926, he became a military assistant of the chief imperial general staff.
  • He became military assistant

    He became military assistant
    Fuller became chief of the imperial general staff. A year later he began a partnership with Captain Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart. Hart was a military writer.
  • He was Promoted

    He was Promoted
    This year he was promoted to major general . Three years later he hadretired. He was put on half pay by the British because he refused to command in India.
  • Publishing Books

    He wrote the Lectures on Field Service Regulations, II, Lectures on Field Service Regulations, III, and The Dragon's Teeth: A Study of War and Peace. A year later he had retired.
  • Retirement

    Retirement
    Three years after he was promoted , he was put on the Army retirement list. He retired at the age of 55. After he retired , he began writing books.
  • Reporter

    Reporter
    Fuller was a reporter during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil . He had the chance to meet Adolf Hitler ,Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, and various generals ofHitler's Third Reich
  • Foreigner Present

    Foreigner Present
    He attended Nazi Germany’s first armed operations . He spent his time as a military correspondent for the London Daily Mail, which gave him the opportunity to cover the Abyssinian War from 1935 to 1936 .This war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire.
  • He served as as war correspondent

    He served as as war correspondent
    Fuller had served In Ethiopia and Spain
    He joined the British Union of Fascists,led by Sir Oswald Mosley.
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    Author of War

    A couple years after he retired he wrote several books over World War II .Machine Warfare was written in 1942 over the beginning of World War II. The Second World War was written in 1948. A Military History of the Western World, 3 vol. (1954–56) was written to from the beginning to the end of war
  • Possible Arrest

    Possible Arrest
    He joined the British Union of Fascists in 1934 which let to WWII. If it wasn't for his military records he would’ve been arrested. He refused to service in the military after because he joined the British Union.
  • Published More Volumes

    Published More Volumes
    After he had retired he because an author. He wrote books such as, A Military History of the Western World, Volume 1: From the Earliest Times to the Battle of Lepanto,
  • Fuller Dies

    Fuller died in Falmouth, Cornwall. He died at the age of 88.
  • Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry .

    Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry .
    He was brought into the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry .A year later he was apart of the Boer War. After that he was serviced in India between (1903-06)