British armour in the Normandy campaign, 1944
By: John Buckley.
Series: Cass series--military history and policy,; 15; Cass series--military history and policy ;; no. 15.
Publisher: F. Cass; Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Great Britain. Army -- Armored troops; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy; World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare
Description: "The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign in 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in disappointing stalemate. Explanation of these and other humiliating failures has centred predominantly on the shortcomings of the tanks employed by British formations. An orthodoxy has emerged that the roots of failure lay in the comparative weakness of Allied equipment, and to a lesser extent in training, doctrine and operational technique."

"This new study by John Buckley challenges this standard view, placing the role played by armour in the campaign in context, and by analysing fully the problems and difficulties encountered and the degree with which they were successfully overcome."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.