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British Tank Crewman 1939-45

By Neil Grant(Illustrations); Graham Turner(Illustrations)

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781472816962, 147281696X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10846597 bytes)
Series
Warrior 183
Pages
64\65
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
world war 2

Description

Great Britain had introduced the tank to the world during World War I, and maintained its lead in armored warfare with the "Experimental Mechanized Force" during the late 1920s, watched with interest by German advocates of Blitzkrieg. Despite these successes, the Experimental Mechanised Force was disbanded in the 1930s, making Britain relatively unprepared for World War II, both in terms of armored doctrine and equipment.This fully illustrated new study examines the men who crewed the tanks of Britain's armored force during World War II, which was only four battalions large in 1939. It looks at the recruitment and training of the vast numbers of men required, their equipment, appearance and combat experience in every theater of the war as the British armored division sought to catch up with the German Panzers.

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