The British Army 1939–45 (1)

This first book of three describes the appearance of the 'Tommy' from pre-war mobilization to to D-Day, featuring infantry organization tables, lists of arms and services and weapon specifications.

This title covers the introduction of new uniforms and equipment used by the British army in the lead up to World War II. It also examines the costly lessons of Norway and France 1940, in light of uniform and equipment changes.The inportance of the British Army's contribution to World War II - and of WWII in the history of the British Army - is impossible to overstate. This first of three titles covers the introduction of new uniforms and equipment, based on a new tactical doctrine, in the 1930s; the costly lessons of Norway and France, 1940; the grim period when Britain stood alone in the world against Hitler's Germany; the slow build-up to the Second Front, and the army which crossed the Channel on D-Day 1944, and liberated huge areas of Western Europe by spring 1945.