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Comparing prewar leadership losses in the Army and Navy

The British Army lost some senior leaders before the war, but probably not on the same scale as the Royal Navy's attrition.

Question

Did the British Army lose senior generals before World War II in the same way as the Royal Navy lost experienced admirals?

Short answer

Some generals were lost, but the provisional assessment is that the Army's losses were not as severe as the Navy's.

Notes

This comparison remains tentative because the British Army's senior-officer losses have not been examined here in equal depth. Some generals were lost before the early war years, although the Army probably did not suffer attrition as severe as the Royal Navy's. The conclusion is a provisional assessment rather than a fully researched comparison.