War on wheels : the mechanisation of the British Army in the Second World War
Williams, Philip2016
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During the Second World War the British Army underwent a complete transformation as its number of vehicles grew from 40,000 to 1.5 million, ranging from tanks and giant tank transporters to jeeps, mobile baths and offices, and scout cars. At the same time, the way in which the army was provided with all it needed was transformed - arms and ammunition, radio, clothing and places to sleep and wash. In this volume, Philip Hamlyn Williams makes extensive use of archival material and first-hand accounts to follow some of the men and women who mechanised the British Army from the early days at Chilwell, through the near disaster of the Desert War and Italian invasion, to preparations for D-Day and war in the Far East.
Main title:
Author:
Williams, Philip, author
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2016.
Collation:
144 p. : illus. (black and white) ; 23 x 25 cm
ISBN:
9780750966238 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.8'3'094109044355.83
Local class:
355.83
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1802155