Ebook: British Armour in the Normandy Campaign
- Tags: Bataille de Normandie (1944), Char d'assaut, Forces armées, Guerre, Guerre mondiale 1939-1945--Guerre des blindés, Manoeuvre militaire, Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-1945), World War 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy, Armed Forces--Armored troops, Military campaigns, Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme), Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme), Ressources Internet, Livres numériques, Great Britain. -- Army -- Armored troops, World War 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Guerre mondiale
- Series: Cass series--military history and policy no. 15
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- City: London;New York;France;Grande-Bretagne;Normandie (France);Normandy
- Language: English
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"The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign in 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in disappointing stalemate. Explanation of these and other humiliating failures has centred predominantly on the shortcomings of the tanks employed by British formations. An orthodoxy has emerged that the roots of failure lay in the comparative weakness of Allied equipment, and to a lesser extent in training, doctrine and operational technique." "This new study by John Buckley challenges this standard view, placing the role played by armour in the campaign in context, and by analysing fully the problems and difficulties encountered and the degree with which they were successfully overcome."--Résumé de l'éditeur.