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Tanks of the second world war / Thomas Anderson ; translated by Geoffrey Brooks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Thomas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tanks (Military science).
- World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War (1939-1945).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations, photographs
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, [England] : Pen and Sword Military, 2017.
- Summary:
- This comprehensive reference book presents detailed information on both Allied and Axis tanks used during WWII-illustrated with photos throughout. In Tanks of the Second World War, military historian Thomas Anderson lists all the tanks that saw significant combat, covering vehicles used by every country involved in the conflict. Presenting his subject chronologically, Anderson tracks the development of tank design and technology from World War I and the interwar period through the developments and variations that arose during World War II. Detailing each vehicle's technical specifications and uses in battle, this comprehensive survey also provides authentic eyewitness accounts of the tanks and their crews in battle. The text is supported throughout with wartime photographs, many of which have never been published before.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tank Warfare!
- Genesis: The Armoured Vehicle over the Millenia
- Victory of Technology
- The First World War
- The Inter-war Period
- Great Britain
- France
- The United States of America
- Poland
- Italy
- Russia/Soviet Union
- Germany
- Czechoslovakia
- Japan
- Tanks in Action, the 1930s
- Japan's War in Manchuria
- Italy's Crusade for Colonies in East Africa
- The Spanish Civil War
- 1939: The Attack on Poland
- April 1940: Operation Weserübung
- May 1940: The Invasion of France
- Tanks in Action 1941 - Operation Marita: The Balkans Campaign
- North Africa: Operation Sonnenblume
- Barbarossa: The Attack on the Soviet Union 1941/42
- 1942 - The Development of New Tanks and Weapons
- North Africa 1942-43
- The War on the Eastern Front 1943/44
- The Conquest of Italy 1943 to 1945
- From Normandy to Germany 1944-1945
- Von der Normandie
- The War in the Pacific, 1941-1945
- Prospect: The Long Road to the Main Battle Tank
- Postwar developments in the United States
- The Soviet Union, a Successor to the T-34
- Great Britain - A New Cruiser-Tank
- France, for the Nation
- West Germany, A New Beginning
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 22, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781473859357
- 1473859352
- 9781473859340
- 1473859344
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