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British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

By John D , Great Britain. Army;Grande-Bretagne. Army;Buckley

Book information

Publisher
Routledge, Taylor and Francis;F. Cass
Year
2004
ISBN
9780203494981, 0203494989, 9786610057962, 6610057966
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
4 MB (3748558 bytes)
Series
Cass series--military history and policy no. 15
Pages
(279 pages) : illustrations, carte\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy;Guerr1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy;Armed Force1939-1945--Guerre des blindés;Manoeuvre militaire;Bataille de Normandie (1944);Char d'assaut;Forces

Description

"The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign in 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 disappointing stalemate. Explanation of these and other humiliating failures has centred predominantly on the shortcomings of the tanks employed by British formations. An orthodoxy has emerged that the roots of failure lay in the comparative weakness of Allied equipment, and to a lesser extent in training, doctrine and operational technique." "This new study by John Buckley challenges this standard view, placing the role played by armour in the campaign in context, and by analysing fully the problems and difficulties encountered and the degree with which they were successfully overcome."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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