Armoured warfare in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945 : rare photographs from wartime archives / Anthony Tucker-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker-Jones, Anthony, author.

Series:

Images of war.

Images of war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.

World War, 1939-1945.

Tanks (Military science)--Design and construction.

Tanks (Military science).

World War, 1939-1945--Tank warfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Second World War campaigns in North Africa, on the Eastern Front and in northwest Europe were dominated by armored warfare, but the battles in Italy were not. The mountainous topography of the Italian peninsula ensured that it was foremost an infantry war, so it could be said that tanks played a supporting role. Yet, as Anthony Tucker-Jones demonstrates, in the battles fought from the Allied landings in Sicily in 1943 to the German surrender after the crossing of the Po in 1945, tanks, self-propelled guns and armored cars were essential elements in the operations of both sides. His selecti

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: An Infantry War; Photograph Sources; Chapter One - The Luftwaffe's Sicilian Panzers; Chapter Two - The Race to Messina; Chapter Three - Kesselring's Italian Coup; Chapter Four - Battle of the Bridgeheads; Chapter Five - Mussolini's Shanghaied Panzers; Chapter Six - Tanks at Monte Cassino; Chapter Seven - Piercing the Gustav Line; Chapter Eight - Gothic Horror; Chapter Nine - Defeat on the Po

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783464326

1783464321

9781783468980

178346898X