Airborne armour : Tetrarch, Locust, Hamilcar, and the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, 1938-50 / by Keith Flint.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flint, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.

Tanks (Military science).

Great Britain. Army. Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, 6th--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Co., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite all the works on airborne forces published since 1945, the full story of Britain's 'airborne armour' has remained untold. This book is intended to correct that omission. The story has two main strands - the project to fly tanks onto the battlefield to support airborne forces, and the history of the unit which operated those tanks and supported 6th Airborne Division in the ground role - the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment. The book is the result of considerable original research and contact with surviving members of 6th AARR. It contains the full development background of

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One - Hardware; 1: Tanks; 2: Gliders; Part Two - Operations; 3: Special Service; 4: Flying Tanks; 5: D-Day; 6: Normandy; 7: Arnhem - Ardennes; 8: Operation Varsity; 9: Across Germany; 10: Postwar; Part Three - Perspective; 11: Other Countries; 12: Conclusion; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-223).

ISBN:

9781908916051

1908916052

OCLC:

797916202