Tank Warfare, 1939–1945 Tank Warfare, 1939–1945

Tank Warfare, 1939–1945

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Publisher Description

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

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2020
July 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
216
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pen & Sword Books
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
168.4
MB
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