Intrigued by this thread and the recent comments on the system the UK and USA use. Mindful of Wilf's last thread, with the implication officer training can be shortened and still effective, what happened in WW2? After May 1940.

Were OCS courses shortened to enable the re-constituted British Army, at home, to function? I recall reading a book on the re-training the entire home Army had prior to D-Day, alas only details retained was the use of battle schools.

Just an idle thought.

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