Anthony Tucker-Jones

Tank Wrecks of the Eastern Front, 1941-1945 (eBook, ePUB)

Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A photographic history of the destruction left in the wake of the world's largest confrontation between mechanized armies: "Highly recommended." - AMPS Indianapolis Four years of armored battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War littered the battlefields with the wrecks of destroyed and disabled tanks, and Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating guide to them. It provides a graphic record of the various types of tank deployed by the Red Army and the Wehrmacht during the largest and most destructive confrontation between mechanized armies in military history. During the opening stages of the war the German victors regularly photographed and posed with destroyed Soviet armor. Operation Barbarossa left 17,000 smashed Soviet tanks in its wake, and the heavy and medium tanks such as the T-28, T-35, KV-1, and T-34 proved to be a source of endless interest. Once the tide turned, the wrecked and burnt-out panzers the Mk IVs, Tigers, and Panthers were photographed by the victorious Red Army. As well as tracing the entire course of the war on the Eastern Front through the trail of broken armor, the photographs in this book provide a wide-ranging visual archive of the tank types of the period that will appeal to everyone who is interested in tank warfare and to modelers and wargamers in particular.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Military
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473895027
• Artikelnr.: 52676123

Autorenporträt

Anthony Tucker-Jones is a former defense intelligence officer and a widely published expert on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism and armsred and aerial warfare. He is the author of over thirty books, is security and terrorism correspondent for intersec - The Journal of International Security, and has freelanced for Channel 4 News.