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Title: AMERICAN TANKS & AFVS OF WORLD WAR II
By: Mike Green, Michael Green
Format: Hardback

List price: £30.00


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ISBN 10: 1782009310
ISBN 13: 9781782009313
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 7 July, 2014
Pages: 376
Description: The entry of the US into World War II provided the Allies with the manufacturing and engineering might that finally gave them the ability to take the war to the German and Japanese forces across the world. This title details the range of vehicles used during the war.
Synopsis: The entry of the U.S. into World War II provided the Allies with the industrial might to finally take the war to German and Japanese forces across the world. Central to this was the focus of the American military industrial complex on the manufacture of tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Between 1939 and 1945, 88,140 tanks and 18,620 other armored vehicles were built, almost twice the number that Germany and Great Britain combined were able to supply. In this lavishly illustrated volume, armor expert Michael Green examines the dizzying array of machinery fielded by the U.S. Army, from the famed M4 Sherman, M3 Stuart, and M3 Lee through to the half-tracks, armored cars, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, armored recovery vehicles, and tracked landing vehicles which provided the armored fist that the Allies needed to break Axis resistance in Europe and the Pacific. Packed with historical and contemporary color photography, this encyclopedic new study details the design, development, and construction of these vehicles, their deployment in battle and the impact that they had on the outcome of the war.
Illustrations: 200 b/w; 50 col
Publication: UK
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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