When the German army launched Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of the Soviet Union - on June 22, 1941, it was expecting to face and easily defeat outdated and obsolete tanks and for the most part it did, but it also received a nasty shock when it came up against the T-34. With its powerful gun and sloped armour, the T-34 was more than a match for the best German tanks at that time and the Germans regarded it with awe. German Field Marshal von Kleist, who commanded the latter stages of Barbarossa, called it 'the finest tank in the world'. Using original wartime documents author and historian Peter Samsonov, creator of the Tank Archives blog, explains how the Soviets came to develop what was arguably the war's most revolutionary tank design.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mortons Media Group
ISBN-10
1911658301
ISBN-13
9781911658306
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038493347
Product Key Features
Book Title
Designing the T-34 : Genesis of the Revolutionary Soviet Tank
Author
Peter Samsonov
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Weapons
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
91 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Profusely illustrated throughout...impressively and comprehensively informative -- making it an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to the personal reading lists of dedicated military buffs., I was impressed at the amount of information and history found in the pages of this extremely enjoyable book. The pictures along are worth the cost of the book. I will find this book indispensable in my library of reference books.
Dewey Decimal
623.74752
Dewey Edition
23
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