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American Tanks & AFVs of World War II

Door Michael Green

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#333772-KK31
Titel
American Tanks & AFVs of World War II
Auteur
Green, Michael
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Oxford : Osprey Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
1782009310
ISBN13
9781782009313
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illusrated ith colour and b/w photographs, small 4to.
Samenvatting

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 th
... (Lees verder)e 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.
Pagina's
376
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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