This unique pictorial history captures the many types of armored
vehicles used across the Western Front of WWII—through soldiers’
photos of enemy wreckage. Early in the Second World War, victorious
German soldiers regularly photographed and posed with destroyed or
abandoned Allied tanks. When the tide of the war turned against them
in 1944, their wrecked Panzers were photographed by victorious Allies.
The practice created an extraordinary record of the thousands of tank
wrecks that littered the battlefields across the Western Front. In
this volume, Anthony Tucker-Jones has selected a fascinating
collection of these historic images, forming a rare visual guide to
the fate of World War II armor. All the principal tanks of the
conflict are represented: Renaults, Matildas, Churchills, Shermans,
Panzer IVs, Panthers and Tigers along with many others. Tanks Wrecks
of the Western Front provides insight into the rapid development of
tank design during the war, and shows how vulnerable these armored
vehicles were to antitank guns and air attacks.
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ISBN
9781526741554
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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