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Armoured Warfare in the Korean War: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) Kindle Edition

by Anthony Tucker-Jones (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This fully illustrated history explores the unique role of armored vehicles in the Korean War with more than 180 wartime photographs.

After World War II, military analysts thought that the only place significant armored forces were ever likely to confront each other again was in central Europe where the NATO alliance would fend off the Soviet Red Army. But then during the Korean War of 1950-53, large numbers of armored fighting vehicles were deployed by both sides. This neglected aspect of the conflict is the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history.

Korea, with its rugged mountains, narrow passes, steep valleys and waterlogged fields. was not ideal tank country so the armor mainly supported the infantry and rarely engaged in battles of maneuver. Yet the wide variety of armor supporting UN and North Korean forces played a vital if unorthodox role in the swiftly moving campaigns.

More than 180 contemporary photographs have been selected to show Soviet-built T-34/85s and Su-76s, American M4 Shermans, M26 Pershings and M46 Pattons, as well as British Cromwells and Centurions in one of the defining conflicts of the Cold War.
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    Pen & Sword Military
  5. Publication date
    January 19, 2013
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About the Author

Anthony Tucker-Jones is a former defense intelligence officer and a widely published expert on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism and armored and aerial warfare. He is the author of over thirty books, is security and terrorism correspondent for intersec – The Journal of International Security, and has freelanced for Channel 4 News.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DN5V8AK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military; Illustrated edition (January 19, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 19, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8.8 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 202 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 out of 5 stars 48 ratings

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Anthony's Churchill Cold War Warrior was published by Frontline in July 2024 and will be launched in America with the Churchill Society of New Orleans and at the US National WWII Museum at the end of the year. The International Churchill Society says, 'Anthony Tucker-Jones’ latest book is very much like The Godfather: Part III in its grand narrative of scale, irony, and tragedy. … it is a tremendous read.'

He is a highly successful military historian and defence writer. The author of over 60 books, many of which have been translated into Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Polish, Russian and Swedish. Always in demand he has worked with Arcturus, Bloomsbury, Greenhill, Frontline, Osprey, Pen & Sword, Stackpole and The History Press.

Anthony has also had over 500 articles and features published in print and online with numerous publications and outlets, including the UK's leading History of War magazine. For many years he was the terrorism and security correspondent for intersec - The Journal of International Security and freelanced for the UK's Channel 4 News. He holds a bachelors in history and a masters in international relations and strategic studies.

Among his bestsellers are Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin's War 1941-1945, Kursk 1943: Voices from the Battlefield and D-Day 1944: The Making of Victory. Recent books include Churchill Master and Commander, Hitler's Winter and the Fall of Berlin.

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  • Robert Joyner
    5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2021
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    MY DAD LOVED THE BOOK IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES WHEN HE WAS IN THE KOREAN WAR.
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  • James J. Gillen
    4.0 out of 5 stars excellent refence book
    Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2022
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    Excellent research book! Good addition to my libray!!
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  • Iris Carlton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2017
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    Thx!
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  • Anthony Genualdi
    3.0 out of 5 stars It's more about the pictures
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2014
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    This book doesn't really illuminate the reader about the use of armor in the Korean War. It gives us an overview of the war, and the photos used are tremendous. But, it isn't a really great reference. If you need the pics, then I'd recommend it.
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  • steven johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2016
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    Informative
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  • Ned Middleton
    4.0 out of 5 stars All things considered, exactly as described on the cover.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2013
    Whenever people think of the wars and conflicts of the 20th Century, the Korean War is often overlooked. Maybe this is because, once all the gains and losses had been gained and lost, both sides were back almost exactly where they began and, as the years since have continued to prove, nothing much was ever achieved by the North Koreans at great cost to both sides!

    In this interesting work by Anthony Tucker-Jones, we find page after page of photographs from that war - many of which have never been published elsewhere. I was, however, rather disappointed with the rather flippant chapter headings - through which the book seeks to tell the story of the Korean War by placing events in chronological order as follows; Uncle Joe's Koreans, The North Korean Steamroller, RoK's Armour, Uncle Sam holds the line, Britain and the UN to the Rescue, Inchon Triumph, Korean Swansong, Turning the Tide, First Spring Offensive and, finally, The Static War.

    From these, even without reading further, one gets the impression of; Soviet influence in North Korea, the invasion of South Korea by overwhelming forces, US Forces providing a stiff resistance, the arrival of British and UN Forces and, eventually, back to where it all began. And that is pretty much the message this author portrays. Where I would commend the work is in the expert way in which he is able to condense each political and military situation into very few words at the beginning of each chapter and the excellent choice of photographs which support that narrative. Where I would take issue is, of course with the suggestion that Britain and the UN came to the rescue of the US and I suspect such a heading will not appeal to the brave servicemen from the USA! That said, the impression gained from that particular chapter heading is not apparent in the actual text where the forces of all allied countries are given fair treatment.

    Over 180 photographs from the period and a well-explained, albeit brief, summary of events, this book will do much to explain the Korean War to those with no knowledge at all and will please many an expert with the carefully selected choice of photographs.

    All things considered, the book is exactly as described on the cover as providing "Rare photographs from Wartime Archives."

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    British army major (retired)
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  • Lineman
    4.0 out of 5 stars as advertized
    Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013
    The book delivers what it says, but more detail in the text would have been nice. Pix are nice, good sized.
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  • Dave
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bilder
    Reviewed in Germany on October 19, 2024
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    Sehr interessant
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  • Charles Dennis Stapleton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2025
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    Great book,lots of information and selection of photos.
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  • zooma
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good "potted history".
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2019
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    A good "potted history" of the Korean War and the armoured vehicles that took part is well covered in this book that is well illustrated with plenty of black and white photographs.
    Some colour pictures would have been nice, but the book makes a good read and reference.
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  • Volkmar
    4.0 out of 5 stars Korea Krieg
    Reviewed in Germany on September 8, 2023
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    Das Buch bietet vom Text und dem Bildmaterial eine gute Übersicht über den Einsatz der U S Marines während des Krieges.Preisgünstig
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  • David Rhodes
    3.0 out of 5 stars Baised.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2018
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    I bought this book hoping for something a little out of the norm but was disappointed to see yet another publication of "How the Yanks won the war", the real facts are glossed over as usual where the American were chased around Korea by a North Korean peasant army and later on by the Chinese, who were almost entirely infantry. All you see here are victorious Americans and destroyed North Korean armour. This book has been cobbled together by someone not interested in reality but just with putting a book with photographs together. Lots we have seen before too.
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