Men Against Tanks: A History of Anti-Tank Warfare

216 Pages·1975·36.86 MB·English

by  John Weeks

MEN AGAINST TANKS

MEN AGAINST TANKS
A
History of Anti-Tank Warfare
JOHN WEEKS
MASON/CHARTER new york
© John Weeks 1975
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First published in the U.S. in 1975
by Mason/Charter Publishers, Inc.,
384 Fifth Ave.,
New York City.
CONTENTS
page
List of Illustrations 7
Introduction 11
CHAPTER
1 Early Days 19
2 The Great Awakening—Britain, 1940 36
3 The Wehrmacht 51
4 The English-Speaking Union, Britain and America 74
5 The Eastern Influence 102
6 Post-war Developments 114
7 The Recoilless Story 126
8 The Missile 145
9 And Some Fell by the Wayside ... 164
10 The Future 176
Bibliography 182
Acknowledgements 184
Index 187