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Forty, George was born on September 10, 1927 in London. Son of Herbert James and Edith Maud Forty.
(First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, a...)
First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, a fully illustrated survey of tank warfare, from the First World War to the Gulf War, as seen from the perspective of the tank crews themselves.
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(The arrival of the tank on the Western Front in 1916 chan...)
The arrival of the tank on the Western Front in 1916 changed the face of modern warfare. This major study traces the development of this important new breed of soldiers. The important thinkers, inventors & builders are included alongside the great battlefield leaders, & the development of the all arms team. Reveals just what makes the tank leader so different from many commanders in military history. Covers conflicts in Asia -- Korea, Vietnam, India & Pakistan; the Middle East conflicts between Israel & her Arab neighbors; & the action of Desert Storm in the Gulf War. Includes a wealth of archive photos & specially created maps & diagrams.
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(A leading authority on tanks and land warfare has gathere...)
A leading authority on tanks and land warfare has gathered a magnificent and unprecedented collection of photographs of Germany's seemingly invincible armored tanks in all the war theaters. Here are the Kpfw variants, the superheavies, and specialized vehicles. Some appear in the midst of hard-fought battles in Stalingrad, while others ceremonially parade through cheering crowds. Expert commentary on the tanks' details, personal accounts of individual engagements, information on organization and training, and an emphasis on action make this a lively and informative military study.
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(70 years ago, on 7 June 1944, the British 7th Armored Div...)
70 years ago, on 7 June 1944, the British 7th Armored Division landed in Normandy, halfway through a wartime journey that had started in north Africa. Formed on 16 February 1940, it adopted the Jerboa as its divisional sign―and while many units that fought in the desert call themselves by the name, 7th Armoured Division are the original ‘Desert Rats’. The division helped destroy the Italian Tenth Army at Beda Fomm on 7 February 1941, defeat the Desert Fox―Rommel―at El Alamein in October 1942, and drive Axis forces out of North Africa. After the desert, 7th Armored Division landed at Salerno on 15 September 1943, in time to help repulse concerted German counterattacks, before―as part of U.S. Fifth Army’s British X Corps―it took Naples and crossed the Volturno. Pulled out of Italy, it reached England in January 1944 where it prepared to enter the Northwestern European theater at Gold Beach from 7 June, equipped with the new Cromwell and the Sherman Firefly. The division had difficulties in Normandy, particularly at Villers-Bocage, and suffered the ignominy of having its GOC―George Erskine―and a number of officers sacked and moved to other positions. Erskine was replaced by Gerald Lloyd Verney on 4 August 1944. He helped reinstill confidence and discipline to the division which took part in the Allied liberation of France and Belgium, entering Ghent in September. Verney was, in turn, replaced by Lewis Lyne in November 1944 and Lyne led the division on their final advance through Holland and into Germany. The Desert Rats ended the war with the liberation of Hamburg on 3 May 1945 after one of the most remarkable military journeys in history and was chosen to take part in the Allied victory parade held in Berlin on 21 July 1945. Winston Churchill recognized the achievements of the division when he spoke at the opening of a soldiers’ club in Berlin: ‘Dear Desert Rats! May your glory ever shine! May your laurels never fade! May the memory of this glorious pilgrimage of war which you have made from Alamein, via the Baltic to Berlin never die!’ Desert Rats at War is an evocation of what it was like to serve with the division, in the African desert and Europe, from the first encounters by the Mobile Force in 1940 to Berlin in 1945. Full of eyewitness accounts and private photos, Desert Rats at War has been completely revised and updated, with additional text, maps and photographs. REVIEWS Eyewitness accounts and unique photos help propel the evocative story. Not only is this book a crackerjack account of history, hobbyists will spot sources of inspiration used by manufacturers while finding their own ideas for model making and diorama projects. Toy Soldier and Model Figure Magazine
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( Tanks Across the Desert is a British tank sergeant's pe...)
Tanks Across the Desert is a British tank sergeant's personal story of war. It gives an extremely true-to-life picture of fierce armored warfare in the Second World War, vividly recreating the atmosphere of conflict and destruction encountered by one Allied tank crew in the bloody campaigns across North Africa and Italy. Sergeant Jake Wardrop joined the 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment (5RTR) in 1937. He fought in France in 1940; in the Western Desert, Tripolitania and Tunisia; and then, until December 1943, in the invasion of Italy. Wardrop's battalion returned to the UK to prepare for D-Day and Jake took part in the great European campaigns of liberation in 1944 and 1945, only to be killed in action a few days before the end of the war. Wardrop kept a detailed and graphic record of each battle in which he was to take part from 1941 to 1943, compiling a personal diary which had long remained in the possession of his mother to whom he sent back extracts from time to time while on active service. This diary gives a vivid insight into Wardrop's many adventures with 5RTR and also serves as an exciting battlefield record of his battalion.
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(First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, a...)
First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, a fully illustrated survey of tank warfare, from the First World War to the Gulf War, as seen from the perspective of the tank crews themselves.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0750913460/?tag=2022091-20
(The Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) played a major role i...)
The Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) played a major role in World War II. The artillery found it necessary to mechanise some of its field pieces. Armoured cars were called upon to carry out tasks in addition to reonnaissance. Tank destroyers were designed to seek, and destroy enemy armour. Add to this fascinating array such oddities as spedy oversnow Aerosans (armoured, fast sledges) deployed by the Red Army, to enormous siege guns weighing over 100 tons, to small remotely controlled and tracked demolition vehicles, only six feet in length, to the massive and powerfully equipped armoured trains deployed by the Soviet Union and Germany.
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( This magnificently illustrated book begins with a histo...)
This magnificently illustrated book begins with a history of the tank, from the first action in World War I to campaigns of World War II such as Blitzkrieg and D-Day. It contains a substantial A-Z guide to tanks from 1916-45 and features over 275 identification photographs, many from the world-famous Tank Museum in Bovington.
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military officer and museum curator
Forty, George was born on September 10, 1927 in London. Son of Herbert James and Edith Maud Forty.
Passed, Oxford (England) University, 1945-1946; student, Passed Staff College, Camberley, England, 1959.
Second in command Lieutenant, British Armed Forces, 1948; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, British Armed Forces with Royal Tank Regiment, British Armed Forces, 1945-1977; retired, British Armed Forces, 1977; director, curator, Tank Mus, Bovington, England, 1981-1993; editor, Tank Journal, Royal Tank Regiment, since 1994.
(First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, a...)
(First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, a...)
(A leading authority on tanks and land warfare has gathere...)
(70 years ago, on 7 June 1944, the British 7th Armored Div...)
(Lodged between the unforgettable horrors of World War II ...)
(By early 1941, the British in North Africa were poised fo...)
(The arrival of the tank on the Western Front in 1916 chan...)
( Tanks Across the Desert is a British tank sergeant's pe...)
(Numerous B&W photos, technical details along with develop...)
(The Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) played a major role i...)
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Fellow Museum Association.
Married Anne Daffodil Wright, October 9, 1953. Children: Simon, Jonathan, Adam, Jason.