Armoured warfare in the Italian campaign 1943-1945 : rare photographs from wartime archives

The Second World War campaigns in North Africa, on the Eastern Front and in northwest Europe were dominated by armored warfare, but the battles in Italy were not. The mountainous topography of the Italian peninsula ensured that it was foremost an infantry war, so it could be said that tanks played a supporting role. Yet, as Anthony Tucker-Jones demonstrates, in the battles fought from the Allied landings in Sicily in 1943 to the German surrender after the crossing of the Po in 1945, tanks, self-propelled guns and armored cars were essential elements in the operations of both sides. His selecti. Read more... Abstract: Photographic history of armoured warfare throughout the Italian campaign Axis and Allied tanks in action at Salerno, Anzio, Monte Cassino Rare photographs of the German, Italian and Allied military vehicles of the period Read more...