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Second World War Tank Crisis: The Fall and Rise of British Armour, 1919-1945 - Hardcover

Taylor, Dick

 
9781399003520: Second World War Tank Crisis: The Fall and Rise of British Armour, 1919-1945
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1399003526 ISBN 13: 9781399003520
Verlag: Naval Institute Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

British World War II tanks performed so badly that it is difficult to recall any other British weapon of the period that provokes such a strong sense of failure. Unfortunately, many of the accusations appear to be true--British tanks were in many ways a disgrace. But why was Britain, the country that invented them, consistently unable to field tanks of the required quality or quantity throughout the conflict? This perceived failure has taken on the status of a myth, but, like all myths, it should not be accepted at face value--it should be questioned and analyzed. And that is what Dick Taylor does in this closely researched and absorbing study.

He looks at the flaws in British financial policy, tank doctrine, design, production, and development before and throughout the war years which often had fatal consequences for the crews who were sent to fight and to be 'murdered' in 'mechanical abortions.' Their direct experience of the shortcomings of these machines is an important element of the story. He also considers how British tanks compared to those of the opposition and contrasts tank production for the army with the production of aircraft for the RAF during the same period.

His clear-sighted account goes on to explain how, later in the conflict, British tank design improved to the point where their tanks were in many ways superior to those of the Americans and Germans and how they then produced the Centurion which was one of the best main battle tanks of the post-war era.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dick Taylor is a well-known and much-published expert on the history of British tanks. His many books include volumes on the Challenger, Chieftain, Matilda, and Valentine. He is a former tank commander and tank gunnery specialist. He is the official historian of the Royal Armoured Corps.

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Verlag
Naval Institute Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1399003526
ISBN 13 
9781399003520
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Anzahl der Seiten
242
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