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Tanks, The World Encyclopedia of
An illustrated history and directory of tanks, from 1916 to the present day, with more than 650 photographs
Av George Forty
Inbunden, 2023
194 kr
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This fully-updated book is an authoritative directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as tank destroyers and armoured recovery vehicles. It begins with a history of tank design and evolution from its first action at Flers during World War I and its dominance on the battlefields of …
World Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Av George Forty, Francis Crosby m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
271 kr
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Updated and extended for the new 2025 edition. Now an impressive 576 pages, this book is an authoritative history and directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as ARVs (armoured recovery vehicles), tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies, and …
Afrikakorps at War 1941–43
Inbunden, 2026
465 kr
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The battles in North Africa hold a unique place in the history of World War II. Praised in Parliament and the British press, German commander Erwin Rommel achieved near-mythical status as a general. The fighting was seen as one of few “clean” wars fought by the Nazis, marked by mutual respect …
Leakey's Luck
A Tank Commander with Nine Lives
Av George Forty
Häftad, 2022
165 kr
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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 Desert of Egypt, before becoming trapped for six months in the siege of Tobruk and temporarily joining the Australian …
Atlantic Wall: Channel Islands
Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark
Av George Forty
E-bok, 2021
111 kr
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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 and Sark. Left undefended in 1940, they fell like ripe plums into German hands. Thereafter they were turned into the …
Battle Zone Normandy: Villers Bocage
Av George Forty
Inbunden, 2004
178 kr
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In the week after the D-Day landings, British and Canadian forces in the east were ordered to pin down as many German troops as possible to take the pressure off the Americans. This book describes the attempted capture of Villers-Bocage and Evrecy as well as Lingevres and Les Verrieres.
