Tank Action: An Armoured Troop Commander's War 1944-45 by Captain David Render (Author), Stuart Tootal (Author) A memoir of an A Sqn Tp Leader in...
Thanks for that, that is the first time I have seen that document in full and I appreciate the link. That will treach me to type from memory...
Real facts would question Max Hastings writings. I'd recommend reading Buckleys Excellent title on British Armour in Normandy. If you look at the...
I think he was a great field commander and tactical General however most of his success in the Western Desert was amplified by the appalling lack...
Most of the Russian 7.62 AT tubes were originally ex British 3" AA that had been sold to the USSR as surplus between the wars. One of the Armoured...
The biggest problem is that they rarely kept scores but going of memoirs, regimental histories and Diaries it is quite feasible that there were...
Just what other other way was there? If he had sat there as he is accused just holding the line the Germans could easily have pulled back there...
They are generally the senior technical advisor to a formation in a given technical field (I was an Electronics Artificer and went on to be a...
The videos of the Goodwood lectures for the British Army are available on facebuck. These are very good and are presented by the key personalities...
What mr Freeman didn't tell most people is that this battlefield had already been "Discovered" and even mapped well before he and Australian TV...
Brian Davis wrotye an excellent book "No Holding Back" which has a whole appendix devoted to this particular incident. After reading it and other...
Sorry for ressurecting an old thread but to add somewhat to this thread it is part of a series of staged photos and is in Normandy. The tank is an...
The Horsa was very airworthy and a strong design unlike the WACO where a disturbing number came apart in the air under tow. The Pilots for this op...
Given the terrain constraints in the 2nd Army Sector of Normandy ALL assualts and attacks were going to be costly affairs where the attacking...
The Canadians innovated a lot for that campaign including the conversion of SP guns to APC and a night attack on a 3 Regiment front but the...
An interesting discussion and sadly I see it has broken down into the same tired and long since debunked myths. It is fair to say that Goodwood...
This is actually a Firefly of the Coldstream Guards at Namur and part of a series of well known photos. The cap badges of the crew confirm it and...
The biggest Elephant in the room when you study Omaha (or any of the other invasion beaches) was that an LVT even it got ashore would have...
Hi everyone, I am an ex 20 yr Sgt Major Artificer with the Australian Army and an avid enthusiast of WW2 British & Commonwealth Armour...
