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Valentine Infantry Tank 1938-45

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Paperback / softback
48 Pages
23 March 2016
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The Valentine was Britain's most produced and most widely used tank of the Second World War. Having the strange distinction of falling somewhere between being an infantry tank and a cruiser tank, the Valentine first saw combat during Operation Compass in November 1941 and remained one of the main medium tanks in British service into 1943. As the Churchill became more prevalent the Valentine was relegated to specialist variants like amphibious and bridgelayer tanks, which would remain in service in the Far East to the end of the war.
This book describes the evolution of the Valentine design and weighs up its impact on the battlefield. Widely regarded today as one of the weaker tanks to be fielded during the war, it was exceptionally numerous - more Valentines were produced than any other British tank and it accounted for 25% of the tanks produced in Britain during the war.
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ISBN-13
9781472813756
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Published
23 March 2016
Format
Paperback / softback
Pages
48

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Valentine Infantry Tank 1938-45

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The Valentine was Britain's most produced and most widely used tank of the Second World War. Having the strange distinction of falling somewhere between being an infantry tank and a cruiser tank, the Valentine first saw combat during Operation Compass in November 1941 and remained one of the main medium tanks in British service into 1943. As the Churchill became more prevalent the Valentine was relegated to specialist variants like amphibious and bridgelayer tanks, which would remain in service in the Far East to the end of the war.
This book describes the evolution of the Valentine design and weighs up its impact on the battlefield. Widely regarded today as one of the weaker tanks to be fielded during the war, it was exceptionally numerous - more Valentines were produced than any other British tank and it accounted for 25% of the tanks produced in Britain during the war.