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1) World War II tanks: Western Allies 1939-45: Poland, Belgium, France, Britain, Canada, United States
Author
Publisher
Amber Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Illustrated with hundreds of armoured fighting vehicles and their markings, World War II Tanks is an in-depth study of the equipment and organisation of Allied tank units during World War II.
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Unleashed by Hitler in 1942, the German Tiger tank was by far the most powerful tank ever built at the time--the 60-ton monster could destroy any Allied tank from more than a mile away. Desperate to discover the secret technology used in its manufacture, Winston Churchill chose a brilliant young army engineer, Major Doug Lidderdale, as his special agent. In a late-night briefing in the subterranean war rooms under Whitehall he ordered him "Go catch...
Author
Publisher
Caliber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top U.S. commanders needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans. They selected Maurice Rose. He led his 3rd Armored Division from the first...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner's seat of his Sherman tank, his crewmates discover that the gentle giant from Pennsylvania has a hidden talent: He's a natural-born shooter. At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored Division -- "Spearhead"--Thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged:...
Author
Publisher
Casemate
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"This book presents ... personal journals of a German soldier who participated in Operation Barbarossa and subsequent battles on the Eastern Front, revealing the combat experience of the German-Russian War as seldom seen before ... In these journals, attacks and counterattacks are described in 'you are there' detail , as Roth wrote privately ... knowing that his honest accounts of the horrors in the East could never pass through Wehrmacht censors"--Dust...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Adapted for young adults from the New York Times bestseller, the true story of a young World War II American tank gunner who meets his destiny in an iconic duel and forges an enduring bond with his enemy." -- page 2 of cover.
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