A J Smithers

Rude Mechanicals (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this sequel to "An New Excalibur", which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and the Americans were forced to try to catch up. One difficulty was fundamentally a matter of finding the right tool for the right job. In the last year of the war, the Germans relied on the immense King Tigers, which lacked speed and manoeuvrability; while the Allies were confined to Shermans, Cromwells and Churchills, which were incapable of making a heavyweight impact. Each side had some envy for the other.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 1989
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473817814
• Artikelnr.: 40865408

Autorenporträt

The Author : A.J. Smithers was born in 1919 and educated at Dover College. He served with the 4th Buffs (TA) in which he was commisioned in 1937 and later with the B.E.F. in France. Subsequently he served in West Africa, India, and Burma and at the end of the war was with H.Q.21 Army Group (D.A.A.G War Crimes) from 1945-1946. He left the army in 1946 and took up the study of Military History. Among his published works are The Man Who Disobeyed, Sir John Monash, a life if Dornford Yates and The Kaffir Wars.