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British Battle Tanks - The First World War by David Fletcher
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
When British soldiers charged across the Somme in September 1916, they were accompanied by a new, revolutionary weapon--the tank. After a stuttering start, armored behemoths such as the Mark IV, Mark V, and Whippet Tank played a crucial role in bringing World War I to an end.Marking the centenary of the ...Show more
British Battle Tanks - US-Made Tanks of World War II by David Fletcher; Steven J. Zaloga
Category: Military
The idea of British soldiers using American tanks was not viewed with a great deal of enthusiasm by the British Army. They perceived American tanks as being crudely made, mechanically unsophisticated and impossible to fight in. However, once British crews got used to them and learned to cope with some o ...Show more
Rooftop Garden Design by David Fletcher
Category: Gardening
Green roofs - the ultimate in sustainable building practices - continue to generate enormous interest and enthusiasm among architects, landscape designers, and urban planners. This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary trends in rooftop garden design, and provides defini ...Show more
The Matilda Infantry Tank 1938-1945 by David Fletcher
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The Matilda was the principal British infantry tank in the early years of World War II. It served with the BEF in France and later in North Africa, where it earned the title ‘Queen of the Desert’. Outclassed by increasingly powerful German anti-tank weapons, it still remained a power in the South-East P ...Show more
The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car by David Fletcher
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard 189
The first Rolls-Royce armoured car was a privately owned vehicle fitted with a machine-gun and a limited amount of armour plate at a dockyard in France. It was used by a squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service in Flanders in 1914. Backed by First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill more and bet ...Show more
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