Major General Percy Hobart was one of the key figures in WW2 armoured warfare. Hobarts Funnies the array of specialist weapons be invented are a continuing source of interest. 79 Armoured Division, which Hobart created, trained and commanded, were crucial to the success of the D-Day Landings and drive to Germany.
This book is a military historian''s view of the Williamite War, describing the major battles and sieges, as well as actions that are not so well known today such as the sieges of Athlone, Carrickfergus and Charlemont. '
The greatest military operation in history, the invasion of France on June 6, 1944 has become immortalized as D-Day or The Longest Day. This massive land, sea, and air operation led to an 11-month campaign that concluded with the surrender of Hitler's Germany in May 1945. But nothing that came after D-Day equaled the achievement of that day in terms of planning, preparation, and logistics. It was an achievement that only four years before might have seemed like a flight of fancy. Normandy 1944 looks at the planning and preparation for the invasion, the launching of the greatest military operation of all time, and the campaign that followed in the summer of 1944 until the Allied armies closed the Falaise Gap and the Germans began their retreat from France. The book looks at the personalities involved, the innovations employed, and the experiences of those who fought in Normandy.
Podtitul: Britská 8. armáda ve II. světové válce Kniha přináší příběhy 8. armády zrozené v horkých píscích severní Afriky, která na svém válečném tažení proti vojskům Osy překročila vody Nilu, přešla severní Afrikou do Tuniska, přeplavila se přes moře na Sicílii a dále do Itálie a nakonec skončila v Rakousku. Třebaže 8. armáda byla oficiálně britskou formací, její vojáci, divize a armádní sbory pocházely ze zemí celého britského Commonwealthu a britského království, ale i z evropských okupovaných zemí.