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Leakey's Luck
Major General Rea Leakey was one of the Royal Tank Regiment’s greatest heroes of the Second World War. As a young tank commander, he fought Rommel’s Afrika Korps in the Western …
4th Armored Division in World War II
Like other volumes in the "Spearhead" series, this book takes readers to the cutting edge of warfare - for a close look at the make-up, operations, and performance of a military …
US Army Handbook, 1939-1945
The building of the American Army in World War II from a tiny, outdated and ill-equipped force into one of the mightiest armies of the world was rightly described by Sir Winston …
Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II
The fearsome Tiger Tank was first developed for Hitler's birthday in 1942 as a prototype, and first encountered by the Allies in Tunisia in dramatic fashion: rounds from a 75 mm …
The Armies of Rommel
The test of a great battlefield commander was how he used the forces at his disposal in different situations and at various stages of the conflict. Erwin Rommel - the Desert Fox - …
British Army Handbook
Including a series of detailed appendices to support the main text, this volume presents a balanced and comprehensive account of the British Army's involvement in World War II.
Jake Wardrop's Diary
The personal story of a British tank sergeant's war, from the fall of France in 1940, through the bloody campaigns against Rommel's forces in North Africa, the hard-fought drive up …
Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark
The only part of the British Isles that can answer the question 'What was it like to be invaded and occupied in World War 2?' are the holiday islands of Jersey, Alderney, Guernsey …
Road to Berlin
This is an illustrated record, move-by-move, day-by-day, of the Allied counter-attack from the D-Day beaches through to the taking of Berlin. The photographic approach vividly …
US MARINE CORPS HANDBOOK 1941 45
Tank Action
The technology that separates the lumbering Heavy Mk I tank of 1916 from the Challenger main battle tank of 1994 may be aeons apart, but the basic skills of the tank commander have …