British Tank Crewman 1939-45

Great Britain had introduced the tank to the world during World War I, and maintained its lead in armoured warfare with the ''Experimental Mechanised Force'' during the late 1920s, watched with interest by German advocates of Blitzkrieg. Despite these successes, the Experimental Mechanised Force was disbanded in the 1930s, making Britain relatively unprepared for World War II, both in terms of armoured doctrine and equipment. This fully illustrated new study examines the men who crewed the tanks of Britain''s armoured force during World War II, which was only four battalions large in 1939. It looks at the recruitment and training of the vast numbers of men required, their equipment, appearance and combat experience in every theatre of the war as the British armoured division sought to catch up with the German Panzers.>

Product details

• Authors: Neil Grant, Grant Neil
• Assisted by: Graham Turner (Illustration), Graham (Illustrator) Turner (Illustration), Nikolai Bogdanovic (Co-editor)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781472816962
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-1696-2
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Warrior; Warrior
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Militärfahrzeuge, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, European History, Bodentruppen und Kriegsführung, Moderne Kriegsführung, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles, Military vehicles, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1940 to c 1949, Weapons & equipment, British; Land forces; weapons; Churchill; Matilda, Land forces and warfare