The close-range engagement of tanks became extremely important,
mainly because of the Soviet T-34 and KV-I tanks were for a long
time, superior to all German tanks and anti-tank guns. Frequently
employed in small groups of three to five to support the
infantry, these Russian tanks could often be put out of action
with close-range weapons. This book provides a concise account of
Tank Destruction Badge, and the close-range combating of tanks. In
addition to a description of the special badge and the most
commonly used weapons, it includes operational accounts by
recipients of the badge.
New in illustrated boards - 64pp,
90 + colour & b/w illustrations
How the Great War was fought and Won. The author covers one
hundred key days between 1914 and 1918, including events beyond
the battlefield. From reaction to the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, through a zeppelin raid on Scarborough,
Gallipoli and the battlefields of the Western Front. A gripping
and informative narrative, from official records, diaries
letters and interviews.
After weeks of bitter fighting there was a desperate need to
break out of the Normandy bridgehead. In late July 1944
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey’s Second Army moved two
entire corps from the Caen sector to the countryside around
Caumont. Here, British XXX Corps prepared to give battle, with VII
Corps advancing in support between XXX Corps and the American
first Army. While the XXX Corps attack stalled, VIII Corps surged
ahead and a deep penetration was made. The author examines Monty’s
refusal to seize Vire, the disputed Anglo-American border and the
Operation’s impact on the German Mortain offensive.
Wellington’s Veterans and the Liberation of the New World. In the
aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across
the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia
from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with
disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving
Portsmouth with the loss of almost 200 lives. Those who reached the
New World faced disease, wild animals, mutiny and desertion, and
conditions on campaign were appalling. Nevertheless, those who
endured made key contributions to Bolivar’s success.
The 30th Regiment During the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Carole Divall tells the story of this hitherto ignored Regiment
of the Line. Taking their story from one of the opening clashes
of the long war, the Siege of Toulon in 1793, to the decisive
Battle of Waterloo in 1815, she gives us a fresh perspective on
key events the men took part in Massena's retreat from the Lines
of Torres Vedras, the bloody storming of Badajoz, the retreat
from Burgos and the ordeal of the troops holding the centre of
Wellington's Waterloo position.
