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British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

By John Buckley

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
ISBN
0714653233, 9780714653235
LCC
D756.5.N6 B83 2004
Open Library ID
OL22593667M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2526380 bytes)
Series
Military History and Policy
Pages
312\304
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate. Explanation of these and other humiliating failures has centred predominantly on the shortcomings of the tanks employed by British formations. This new study by John Buckley challenges the standard view of Normandy as a failure for British armour by analysing the reality and level of the supposed failure and the causes behind it.

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