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French Tanks of World War II (1)

Author: Steven J. Zaloga

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-02-20

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1472807766

The first of two volumes covering the French armor of World War II, this title looks at the infantry and battle tanks that faced the onslaught of the German Blitzkrieg in 1940. Many of the French tanks were intended as replacements for the World War I-era Renault FT, and various modernization efforts throughout the inter-war years had given rise to a number of new infantry tanks, including the Renault R35 and R40, FCM 36, and the Hotchkiss H35 and H39. Alongside these developments was a separate family of battle tanks, starting with the Renault D1, D2, and, finally, the best-known French tank of the campaign – the Char B1 bis. French Tanks of World War II (1) offers a background to the design and development of these tank types, and an evaluation of their performance in the Battle of France.

French Tanks of World War I

Author: Steven J. Zaloga

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Published: 2010-12-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846035135

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This title examines the emergence of the first modern tank, the Renault FT. It is a little known fact that France fielded more tanks in World War I than any other army. However, France's early tanks suffered from poor mobility and armor compared to their contemporaries. Indeed, their initial use on the Chemin des Dames in 1917 was a bloody fiasco. In spite of initial set-backs, the French army redeemed its reputation with the Renault FT. The Renault FT pioneered the modern tank design, with armament in a revolutionary central turret and the engine in the rear. More importantly, the Renault was designed to be cheap and easy to manufacture. Discover the history of the early French armor developments and their triumphant new design, the Renault FT, that helped to turn the tide of war in the favor of the Allies.

Tanks of the Second World War

Author: Thomas Anderson

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1473859344

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This comprehensive reference book presents detailed information on both Allied and Axis tanks used during WWII—illustrated with photos throughout. In Tanks of the Second World War, military historian Thomas Anderson lists all the tanks that saw significant combat, covering vehicles used by every country involved in the conflict. Presenting his subject chronologically, Anderson tracks the development of tank design and technology from World War I and the interwar period through the developments and variations that arose during World War II. Detailing each vehicle’s technical specifications and uses in battle, this comprehensive survey also provides authentic eyewitness accounts of the tanks and their crews in battle. The text is supported throughout with wartime photographs, many of which have never been published before.

Busting the Bocage

Author: Michael Dale Doubler

Publisher: Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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World War II Vichy French Security Troops

Author: Stephen M. Cullen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1472827732

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After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the French Resistance guerrilla forces This book will cover the organization and operations of Vichy French Security Forces, including: the new Vichy Police Nationale, particularly their Groupes Mobiles de Reserve, the Service d'Ordre Légionnaire , and the Milice Francaise, a ruthless anti-Resistance militia armed partly with British weapons captured from SOE airdrops. Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and commissioned artwork, it tells the story of Occupied France from the perspective of those who sought to keep it in German hands.

The Encyclopedia of French Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Author: François Vauvillier

Publisher: Histoire et Collections

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782352503224

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France, alongside Great Britain, was the birthplace of a new weapon which was to revolutionise warfare: the tank. Preceding the arrival of the tank the turn of the twentieth-century saw the earliest development of armoured weapons with the invention of the armoured cars and armoured fighting vehicles. Covering the period of the Great War to the beginning of the Second World War this fully comprehensive encyclopaedia includes: the hundred principal types of tanks and armoured cars and over 200 variants such as troop transports, poseur de pont (don't know the English technical term, if there is one - J.-M.), bomb-disposal vehicles (ditto the above), etc.. The concise text, precise genealogical tables, technical data on the most important machines, copious illustrations (including contemporary photographs and superb colour profiles) render this volume an indispensable work of reference for the tank fan. AUTHOR: Francois Vauvillier, editor of war magazine Guerre, Blindes et Materiel, is the recognised expert in engine the French army. SELLING POINTS: * An indispensable work of reference for all tank fans, filled with numerous illustrations, photographs, and colour profiles. 300 photographs

Panzer IV vs Char B1 bis

Author: Steven J. Zaloga

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-12-20

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 1849083797

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The Battle of France in 1940 involved the first large-scale tank-against-tank battles in history. The massive clashes at Stonne, Hannant, and Gembloux involved hundreds of tanks on both sides, yet have faded from memory due to the enourmity of the French defeat. This book examines two of the premier opposing tanks of the Wehrmacht and the French Army, the German PzKpfw IV and the French Char B1 bis. With a complete history of the design, development, and deployment of these armoured fighting vehicles, the story of these great battles is once again brought to life.

The Seeds of Disaster

Author: Robert A. Doughty

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0811714608

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An examination of the military doctrine that animated the French defense against the German invasion in 1940. • Argues that the French learned the wrong lessons from World War I and were ill prepared for World War II • Lessons for modern armies about how to learn from past wars and prepare for future wars • Winner of the Paul Birdsall Prize of the American Historical Association