Death by Design
British Tank Development in the Second World War
Published on 22. July 2016
224 pages
978-0-7509-7934-4 (ISBN)
Description
At the outbreak of war in 1939 British tank crews were ill-equipped, under trained and badly led. As a consequence the lives of hundreds of crewmen were wasted unnecessarily. This was due not only to the poor design and construction of British tanks, but also to the lack of thought and planning on the part of successive pre-war governments and the War Office. Death by Design explores how and why Britain went from leading the world in tank design at the end of the First World War to lagging far behind the design quality of Russian and German tanks in the Second World War. This book is a much-needed warning to governments and military planners: a nation must always be prepared to defend itself and ensure that its soldiers are equipped with the tools to do so.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
File size
21,54 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-7934-4 (9780750979344)
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09/2009
The History Press Ltd
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue Vigilance Sleeps
- Chapter 1. Atrophy of an Army
- Chapter 2. How are Tanks Used?
- Chapter 3. A Sad Tale: British Tank Development, 1919-45
- Chapter 4. Without a Gun the Battle was Lost
- Chapter 5. Cus tomer Complaints
- Chapter 6. The Forges of Vulcan
- Chapter 7. Teaching Your Grandmother
- Chapter 8. The Bone Points Where?
- Bibliography
