British Battle Tanks

The idea of British soldiers using American tanks was not viewed with a great deal of enthusiasm by the British Army. They perceived American tanks...

DescriptionThis lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of British tanks from the end of World War II t...

Superb images and description of British post war Main Battle Tanks.

From the birth of the tank to unmanned vehicles and the tanks of the future, The Tank Book offers a truly definitive look at over 400 different tan...

Reducere. A fascinating introduction to the British involvement in the First World War. Covering some of the most important aspects of the War, including the...

Reducere. From experimental tractor to victory--the story of tanks in the Great WarThis comprehensive and erudite perspective of the development and actions ...

Tanks were the beasts of the Second World War, machines designed to destroy anything and anyone in their path. Throughout the summer of 1944, the A...

Reducere. In Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank, R. P. Hunnicutt provides the comprehensive history of the technological evolution that led to th...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom heavy tanks to self-propelled guns, this highlyillustrated technical guide introduces all the main types of armored fighting vehicl...

For much of the Cold War, the British Army's main battle tanks (MBT) were first the Centurion and then the Chieftain. The question of the latter's ...

DescriptionFollowing his first book in the TankCraft series on the British army's Shermans during the battle for Normandy, Dennis Oliver has compil...

DescriptionThe British Chieftain - designed in the late 1950s as the replacement for the Centurion - was perhaps the best main battle tank in servi...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "The desert was quivering with heat. The gu...

The focus of this book is the tank battles fought during the opening phase of the war in North Africa. What really happened during the engagements?...

DescriptionBy early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American bre...

Reducere. THE TIGER TANK was dramatically more powerful than any other tank when deployed in 1942. Why were the Allies taken by surprise? How did the Germans...

Reducere. Did you know that plastic surgery was first introduced in WWI? Did you know that British soldiers drank so much tea during WWI, that at some point ...

Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, looks at the history of the battle again...

The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became comm...