Tanks And Armoured Fighting Vehicles af Robert Jackson (Bog)

The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II • Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II • Compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger • Author is a world-renowned expert on the Sherman tank and American armor Some tank crews referred to the American M4 Sherman tank as a "death trap." Others, like Gen. George Patton, believed that the Sherman helped win World War II. So which was it: death trap or war winner? Armor expert Steven Zaloga answers that question by recounting the Sherman's combat history. Focusing on Northwest Europe (but also including a chapter on the Pacific), Zaloga follows the Sherman into action on D-Day, among the Normandy hedgerows, during Patton's race across France, in the great tank battle at Arracourt in September 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine, and in t

D to VE Days Normandy 1944. Like most of his comrades, Ken Tout was just 20 years old. Not until many years later did he feel able to gather their memoirs in three Hale books, Tank!, Tanks, Advance!, and To Hell with Tanks!. Now these adventures are condensed into this one continuous narrative. Follow the ordinary young lads of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry through the massive enemy defenses on Bourguebus Ridge, to the snows of the Ardennes, to the night crossing of the River Rhine, and finally to Grote Kerk, where they celebrated with liberated Dutch citizens. They were not professional soldiers but young conscripts willing to "do their bit," knowing that their Shermans were outgunned by the enemy's much heavier Tiger and Panther tanks. By Tank: D Day to VE Days vividly recalls, in one complete volume, the whole experience of battle with utter authenticity: the fear, confusion, boredom,

Bogen gennemgår menneskets udvikling af våben fra simple redskaber til komplekse maskiner. Fra de tidligste tider til moderne krigsmaskiner, med fokus på hvordan mennesket har anvendt teknologi til angreb og forsvar. Type: Hardcover

Features all the major battles and campaigns of World War II, from the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the defeat of Japan in 1945. Specially commissioned maps are accompanied by action photographs and detailed annotation. Titel: Atlas of world war II Forlag: Silverdale Books Udgivelsesår: 2004 Sider: 256 Sprog: Engelsk

En detaljeret beskrivelse af over 70 af de vigtigste og mest populære jagere og jagerbomberne - fra Sopwith Camel til Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Over 600 fotos og tegninger. En omfattende opslagsbog, der fortæller om verdens mest bemærkelsesværdige jagermaskiner. Type: Hardcover

In December 1944, the German army had been retreating since its defeat in Normandy five months earlier. But at 5.00 am on December 16th the German artillery suddenly bombarded the peaceful Ardennes front, initiating what came to be known as the Battle of the Bulge. Forfatter: John Toland Forlag: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company Udgivelsesår: 1998 Sprog: Engelsk

En hardback notesbog med marmoreret omslag i forskellige brune, sorte og rødlige nuancer. Ryggen er solid sort og der er guldfarvede detaljer på ryggen med teksten 'Evans 1979-1985'. Bogen er i god stand med minimale tegn på brug.