Early in the Second World War in Western Europe the German victors
regularly photographed and posed with destroyed or abandoned Allied
armour. During their invasion of France the Germans left 4,500
smashed French tanks in their wake, and these were a popular
subject for their photographs. Then, when the tide of the war
turned against them in 1944-5, their wrecked and burnt-out panzers
were photographed by the victorious Allies during the key battles
for Normandy and the Ardennes. These wartime photographers created
an extraordinary record of the many thousands of tank wrecks that
littered the battlefields, and Anthony Tucker-Jones has selected a
fascinating visual guide to the fate of the numerous types of tank
employed by the American, British, French and German armies
throughout the conflict. All the principal tanks are represented -
Renaults, Matildas, Churchills, Shermans, Panzer IVs, Panthers and
Tigers along with many others - so the book gives an insight into
the rapid development of tank design during the war. It also shows
how vulnerable these armoured vehicles were - and how lethal they
could be for their crews - when they were hit by anti-tank guns and
air attacks. Tanks Wrecks of the Western Front will be absorbing
reading and reference for anyone who is interested in the history
of armoured warfare, and it will be a useful visual guide for
modellers.
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