Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:86059655
Brigades of the British Army 1939-45
Anonim
Brigades Of The British Army 1939 45
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Regiments of the British Army, 1939-45
M. Bellis
Author : M. Bellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0854201246
Regiments of the British Army, 1939-45 by M. Bellis Pdf
Cap-badges of the British Army
G L D Alderson
Author : G L D Alderson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780752490069
Cap-badges of the British Army by G L D Alderson Pdf
The British Army has always set great store by its cap badges, which , in miniature, encapsulated the history and traditions of the units that wore them. They were worn with pride by the County regiments (that formed the bulk of the infantry) throughout the two world wars.Here is a comprehensive illustrated collection of the cap badges of the Second World War, the images taken from the author’s own collection. The commentary on each badge explains the joining together of battalions as the war progressed and a regimental index makes finding the badges easy. This is a complex subject clarified in one volume for the first time.
Regiments of the British Army 1939
Malcolm A. Bellis
Author : Malcolm A. Bellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0854209999
Regiments of the British Army 1939 by Malcolm A. Bellis Pdf
Companion to the British Army 1939-45
Lieutenant Colonel George Forty OBE
Author : Lieutenant Colonel George Forty OBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780750951395
Companion to the British Army 1939-45 by Lieutenant Colonel George Forty OBE Pdf
To encapsulate the British Army in one book is no easy task, but here, George Forty presents it as it was during the Second World War. When war was declared in 1939, the British Army was very much the 'Cinderella' of the three armed services, with a total strength of around 865,000 men. However, just four years later when the Allies invaded north-west Europe, the British Army had grown into a powerful, well-organised and well-equipped fighting force of 3 million men and women. George Forty presents a comprehensive overview of the British Army during this important time. He includes full details of mobilisation and training, higher organisation and arms of the service; divisional organisations and non-divisional units; HQs and Staff; the combat arms and the services; the individual soldier, his weapons and equipment; tactics; vehicle markings and camouflage; the Auxiliary Territorial Service and other Women's Corps. Fully illustrated with an unusual collection of photographs and line illustrations, this is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in this fascinating period of British history.
British Armoured Divisions and Their Commanders, 1939–1945
Richard Doherty
Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473826748
British Armoured Divisions and Their Commanders, 1939–1945 by Richard Doherty Pdf
A total of eleven British armoured divisions were formed during the 1939-1945 war but, as this highly informative book reveals, just eight saw action.In 1940 only 1st Armoured Division faced the German blitzkrieg and it was in the North African desert that armoured divisions came into their own. The terrain was ideal and six such divisions of Eighth Army fought Rommel's Panzers into submission. Three were disbanded prior to the invasion of Sicily and Italy. The campaign from D-Day onwards saw the Guards Armoured, 7th Armoured (the Desert Rats), 11th and Percy Hobart's 79th Armoured Division in the thick of the action.Of particular interest are the men who commanded these elite formations and the way their characters contributed to the outcome of operations. While some, such as Dick McCreery, went onto greater heights, others did not make the grade; the stakes were high. A number, such as 'Pip' Roberts, were just perfectly suited in the role.Written by a leading military historian, this book describes many fascinating aspects of armoured warfare from its uncertain beginnings, through the development of tactics and the evolving tank design. Due to British deficiencies, reliance had to be placed on US Grants and Shermans, with the Comet coming late and the Centurion too late.The combination of gripping historical narrative and well researched fact make this an invaluable and highly readable work on the contribution of British Armoured Divisions to victory in the Second World War.
British Army Handbook, 1939-1945
George Forty
Author : George Forty
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048943883
British Army Handbook, 1939-1945 by George Forty Pdf
Offers a balanced portrait of the British Army during WWII, and gives full details on mobilization and training, higher organization and arms of the service, divisional organization, the combat arms and the services, weapons and equipment used by soldiers, and the ATS and women's corps. Includes bandw photos on every page, plus appendices. Of interest to professional historians and military enthusiasts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
8th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry 1939-1945
P. J. Lewis,I. R. English
Author : P. J. Lewis,I. R. English
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1845741455
8th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry 1939-1945 by P. J. Lewis,I. R. English Pdf
Few regiments in the British army played such a prominent and widespread part in the Second World War as the Durham Light Infantry. This is the full official account of the 8th battalion of the regiment s role in the conflict in which the DLI in general, and the 8th battalion in particular, more than upheld its long and proud traditions : in the words of the foreword to this book by Lt.Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks, who had the 8th DLI under his command both in North Africa and in Europe : Every man that served in this great battalion can say to himself with pride, I did more than my share to win the war . The 8th DLI were part of the BEF sent to France in 1939. As such they withstood the onslaught of the German Blitzkrieg in May 1940, taking part in the British counter-strike at Arras and the retreat to Dunkirk. They were soon in action again, this time at Gazala in North Africa where they were again attacked by German forces under Rommel. The 8th DLI formed part of the victorious offensive at El Alamein and fought through to the dour slogging match to break the Mareth Line. Subsequently, they took part in the invasion of Sicily; D-Day, and the battles of Gheel and Nijmegen in Holland. This book, as Horrocks says is a First class battalion history written by two former battalion officers. It comes complete with appendices listing Rolls of honour and awards, along with some 20 photographs and fourteen maps.
The British Army 1939–45 (2)
Martin Brayley
Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780964478
The British Army 1939–45 (2) by Martin Brayley Pdf
The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Persia in the east, and from Greece south to the Gulf of Aden. In 1940-43 this was the only arena where the British Army could take the ground war to the German Wehrmacht; it saw a succession of setbacks and triumphs, until spring 1945 found the 8th Army victorious in northern Italy. A summary of these campaigns is illustrated by photographs, and detailed colour plates of the wide range of uniforms worn in the varied conditions of this huge theatre of war.
Mettle and Pasture
Gary J. Weight
Author : Gary J. Weight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 1909982148
Mettle and Pasture by Gary J. Weight Pdf
Mettle and Pasture - the story of the part played during the Second World War in Europe by the 2nd Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment. Entering France in September 1939 as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) they witnessed from the front line the blistering attack on Belgium at Louvain and firsthand the German Blitzkrieg beginning on May 10th 1940. Fighting a fierce rearguard action as part of the British 3rd Infantry Division under command of General Montgomery, the Battalion covered the frenzied withdrawal of the British Army through the carnage of Dunkirk, arriving back to the shores of England with less than 25% of their original force. On 6th June 1944, almost four years to the day after the demoralizing evacuation at Dunkirk, the Battalion landed on the coast of Normandy on D-Day. Told in their own words, eyewitness accounts and memoirs are expertly weaved together with official war diaries to recall the experiences of the infantrymen at the front - from the days in France and Belgium in 1939 to the assault on Normandy, spearheading such a great invasion, to resisting and attacking the enemy at Caen and blunting the formidable Panzer counter attacks in the dangerous Normandy Bocage. From 'out of the frying pan and into the fire', come the bitter battles in Belgium and Holland, the attrition of holding the Maas River during the coldest winter in living memory, and finally on into Germany, fighting the SS around Bremen just hours before hostilities ended on the 8th May 1945. Vivid accounts tell tales of courage and fear, individual sacrifice and how soldiers faced up to the enemy under fire, sharing danger and surviving the savage conditions but also of the pride and honor of belonging to such a famous and historic regiment - The Lincolnshire Regiment. With an abundance of previously unpublished photographs and clear, concise maps of the battlefields, this is the story of the war the way it really was for an infantryman - told by the men who were there.
The British Army 1939–45 (3)
Martin Brayley
Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472804525
The British Army 1939–45 (3) by Martin Brayley Pdf
The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that units supplied from the air could operate deep behind enemy lines. In 1944 General Slim's troops decisively smashed Japan's last offensive at Imphal and Kohima; and over the next year they drove the enemy relentlessly back through Burma, reducing them to starving fugitives by the final victory in August 1945. This concise summary of Britain's Far East campaigns is illustrated with many rare photographs, and eight detailed colour plates.
The British Army 1939–45 (2)
Martin Brayley
Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780964454
The British Army 1939–45 (2) by Martin Brayley Pdf
The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Persia in the east, and from Greece south to the Gulf of Aden. In 1940-43 this was the only arena where the British Army could take the ground war to the German Wehrmacht; it saw a succession of setbacks and triumphs, until spring 1945 found the 8th Army victorious in northern Italy. A summary of these campaigns is illustrated by photographs, and detailed colour plates of the wide range of uniforms worn in the varied conditions of this huge theatre of war.
British Military Markings, 1939-1945
Peter Hodges
Author : Peter Hodges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Vehicles, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015031995114
British Military Markings, 1939-1945 by Peter Hodges Pdf
The Jewish Brigade
Morris Beckman
Author : Morris Beckman
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042825334
The Jewish Brigade by Morris Beckman Pdf
In 1944, in the face of public pressure, the British government (which controlled Palestine) formed an official Jewish Brigade. After the Third Reich had surrendered, the Jewish Brigade embarked on an unauthorized "revenge" mission against Nazis. This book traces the history and activity of the Jewish Brigade and provides fascinating insights into the subsequent struggle for Israeli independence.
The Regiments Depart
Gregory Blaxland
Author : Gregory Blaxland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015003473272
