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Author : Malcolm A. Bellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0951212605
Author : Richard Doherty
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473826748
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.
Author : Malcolm A. Bellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0952969319
Author : George Forty
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750951395
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.
Author : George Forty
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048943883
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
Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472804525
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.
Author : George Aris
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1783316640
The story of the Fifth British Division 1939-1945 begins with the division in the BEF in France in 1940. It returned to the UK and underwent training before taking part in the Madagascar operation. Then it went to India and Persia before moving to the Middle East Theatre in 1943 where it took part in the conquest of Sicily before moving into Italy.
Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472804426
The Second World War was Britain's last conflict as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it demanded the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the 'Tommy' from pre-war mobilization, through the years of defeat and endurance, to D-Day and the long fighting advance to Northern Germany. The book also includes a campaign summary, infantry organization tables, lists of arms and services and basic specifications of a number of heavy weapons.
Author : Allan Converse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521194808
This book uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies in WWII.
Author : Alan Philson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0854200126
This series takes the order of battle to a level of detail normally only found in the original documents produced at the time. It gives the actual tables of organisation of every unit covered in the order of battle. The series is based only on original source documents. It features: detailed orders of battle, including unit strengths of Corps units; and War Establishment tables of units assigned to Corps not covered in volume 1, detailed war establishment tables of the infantry division and motor division.
Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780964478
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.
Author : John North
Publisher : London : H.M. Stationery Ofice
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008391719
The story of the 21st [British] Army Group in the Allied invasion of north-west Europe during the Second World War.
Author : David Fraser
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448204823
First published in 1983 and written by a pre-eminent historian of the British Army, this is the definitive history of the British Army in the Second World War: its campaigns and battles, defeats and victories, across all theatres of operations from the outbreak of war with Germany in 1939 to the final defeat of Japan in 1945. Here the reader will find grand strategy at the highest level, but also the reality of command in the field and the experience of combat for the infantry, gunners and the tankers as the British Army fought its way through the War. But above all this is a full, authoritative and vividly written account of the British Army in the Second World War as it came to grips with, and in the end triumphed over, its enemies in the field.
Author : Peter Hodges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Vehicles, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015031995114
Author : Martin Brayley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780964454
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.
