Tanks of D-Day 1944: Armor on the beaches of Normandy and southern France

Allied success in invading Fortress Europe (the area of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany) depended on getting armor onto the beaches as fast as possible.

This book explains how the Allies developed the specialist tanks it needed, their qualities, deployment and numbers, and how they performed on the two crucial days when France was invaded, firstly in Normandy and then in Provence.

Steven J Zaloga focuses in on the specialized tanks developed for the Operation Neptune amphibious l...