Airborne armour : Tetrarch, Locust, Hamilcar, and the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, 1938-50 /

Despite all the works on airborne forces published since 1945, the full story of Britain's 'airborne armour' has remained untold. This book is intended to correct that omission. The story has two main strands - the project to fly tanks onto the battlefield to support airborne forces,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flint, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Co., 2004.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Army. > Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, 6th > History.
Great Britain. > Army. > Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, 6th
Großbritannien > Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment > 6
1939-1945
Geschichte 1938-1950
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British.
Tanks (Military science)
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations aériennes britanniques.
Chars d'assaut.
tanks (military vehicles)
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military operations, Aerial > British
Regimental histories
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Despite all the works on airborne forces published since 1945, the full story of Britain's 'airborne armour' has remained untold. This book is intended to correct that omission. The story has two main strands - the project to fly tanks onto the battlefield to support airborne forces, and the history of the unit which operated those tanks and supported 6th Airborne Division in the ground role - the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment. The book is the result of considerable original research and contact with surviving members of 6th AARR. It contains the full development background of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-223).
ISBN:9781908916051
1908916052

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