Death by Design: British Tank Development in the Second World War Peter Beale
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Tank Warfare, 1939–1945
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- Engelsk
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Historie
Packed with archival photos, a fascinating account of armored warfare in WWII—and how tank design and tactics were transformed during the period.
On the battlefields of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War, tanks played a key role, and the intense pressure of combat drove forward tank design and tactics at an extraordinary rate. In a few years, on all sides, tank warfare was transformed. This is the dramatic process that Simon and Jonathan Forty chronicle in this heavily illustrated history.
They describe the fundamentals of pre-war tank design and compare the theories formulated in the 1930s as to how they should be used in battle. Then they show how the harsh experience of the German blitzkrieg campaigns in Poland, France, and the Soviet Union compelled the Western Allies to reconsider their equipment, organization, and tactics—and how the Germans responded to the Allied challenge.
The speed of progress is demonstrated in the selection of over 180 archive photographs which record, as only photographs can, the conditions of war on each battle front. They also give a vivid impression of what armored warfare was like for the tank crews of 75 years ago.
“The images in the book are excellent and inspire diorama ideas for modelers.” —IPMS/USA
© 2021 Pen & Sword Military (E-bog): 9781526767646
Release date
E-bog: 1. oktober 2021
Tank Warfare, 1939–1945
- Sprog
- Engelsk
- Format
- Kategori
Historie
Packed with archival photos, a fascinating account of armored warfare in WWII—and how tank design and tactics were transformed during the period.
On the battlefields of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War, tanks played a key role, and the intense pressure of combat drove forward tank design and tactics at an extraordinary rate. In a few years, on all sides, tank warfare was transformed. This is the dramatic process that Simon and Jonathan Forty chronicle in this heavily illustrated history.
They describe the fundamentals of pre-war tank design and compare the theories formulated in the 1930s as to how they should be used in battle. Then they show how the harsh experience of the German blitzkrieg campaigns in Poland, France, and the Soviet Union compelled the Western Allies to reconsider their equipment, organization, and tactics—and how the Germans responded to the Allied challenge.
The speed of progress is demonstrated in the selection of over 180 archive photographs which record, as only photographs can, the conditions of war on each battle front. They also give a vivid impression of what armored warfare was like for the tank crews of 75 years ago.
“The images in the book are excellent and inspire diorama ideas for modelers.” —IPMS/USA
© 2021 Pen & Sword Military (E-bog): 9781526767646
Release date
E-bog: 1. oktober 2021
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