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Armoured Warfare in the Korean War. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Categorie	Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer	#212514
Titel	Armoured Warfare in the Korean War. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Auteur	Tucker-Jones, Anthony
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Pen & Sword, London
Jaar van uitgave	2012
ISBN10	1848845804
ISBN13	9781848845800
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Images of War
Samenvatting	After the Second World War military analysts thought that the only place significant armoured forces were ever likely to confront each other again was in central Europe where the Nato alliance would fend off the Soviet Red Army. But then during the Korean War of 1950-53 large numbers of armoured fighting vehicles were deployed by both sides, and this neglected aspect of the conflict is the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history. Korea, with its rugged mountains, narrow passes, steep valleys and waterlogged fields. was not ideal tank country so the armour mainly supported the infantry and rarely engaged in battles of manoeuvre. Yet the wide variety of armour supporting UN and North Korean forces played a vital if unorthodox role in the swiftly moving campaigns. For this fa... (Lees verder)scinating book over 180 contemporary photographs have been selected to show Soviet-built T-34/85s and Su-76s, American M4 Shermans, M26 Pershings and M46 Pattons, and British Cromwells and Centurions in action in one of the defining conflicts of the Cold War.
Pagina's	134
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 8,00

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