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Beschreibung

The Valentine was the most produced and most widely used British tank of the Second World War.

The Valentine first saw combat during Operation Compass in November 1941 and remained one of the main medium tanks in British service into 1943. As the Churchill became more prevalent the Valentine was relegated to specialist and tank-destroyer variants, which would remain in service in the South-East Asian theatre to the end of the war.

This book describes the evolution of the Valentine design and weighs up its impact on the battlefield. Although widely regarded today as one of the weaker tanks to be fielded during the war, it was exceptionally numerous, with more Valentines produced than any other British tank.

The Valentine was the most produced and most widely used British tank of the Second World War.

The Valentine first saw combat during Operation Compass in November 1941 and remained one of the main medium tanks in British service into 1943. As the Churchill became more prevalent the Valentine was relegated to specialist and tank-destroyer variants, which would remain in service in the South-East Asian theatre to the end of the war.

This book describes the evolution of the Valentine design and weighs up its impact on the battlefield. Although widely regarded today as one of the weaker tanks to be fielded during the war, it was exceptionally numerous, with more Valentines produced than any other British tank.

Über den Autor
Bruce Newsome is a research policy scientist at RAND in Santa Monica, California, where he has published on international relations, national security, terrorism, personnel and operations management, training, and modeling and simulations. He has a PhD in Strategic Studies from the University of Reading, England.
Zusammenfassung
A mainstay of the British Army during the war, Valentine tanks fought right through to 1945, and thousands of Lend-Lease Valentines served in the Red Army.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction /Development /Production /Operational History /Bibliography /Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781472813756
ISBN-10: 1472813758
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Newsome, Bruce
Illustrator: Morshead, Henry
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 246 x 182 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Bruce Newsome
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.2016
Gewicht: 0,172 kg
Artikel-ID: 133442695

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