{"product_id":"9781783038169","title":"Armoured Warfare in the Battle for Normandy","description":"The remarkable photographs collected together for this book show in graphic detail the role armor played in the Allied struggle to exploit the D-Day landings and liberate occupied France – and the skill and tenacity of the German panzer units that confronted them. The struggle gave rise to a sequence of battles that were among the most intense, and critical, of any fought in the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Tucker-Jones traces the entire course of the armored campaign through the photographs – the D-Day landings, the first clashes of the opposing tanks and antitank guns, then the Allied operations – Epsom, Charnwood, Goodwood, Cobra - that culminated in the Allied breakthrough and the destruction of the German 5th Panzer Army at Falaise. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe images offer a fascinating inside view of the fighting itself – and of the widespread destruction and horrific casualties that went with it. But they also record the routines of tank warfare, and give a vivid impression of the experience of the tank crews of the day and of the tanks they operated  – the German Mk IVs, Panthers, Tigers and self-propelled guns, and the Allied Shermans, Churchills and specialized tanks – Hobart’s Funnies – that confronted each other in the French countryside and towns.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pen and Sword","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135423561968,"sku":"9781783038169","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783038169_p0.jpg?v=1769891657","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783038169","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}