Author: Duncan, N.W.
Title: 79th Armoured Division, Hobo's Funnies. AFV/Weapon Series. Profile Book 3..
Description: Windsor, Profile Publications Limited, 1972. 1ste / 1st. cardboard / karton - hardcover, Ill.: Hadler, T. + Morrish, A.. A4 formaat, good / goed. 70 pages. Photographs, maps, diagrams. Laminated covers. The 79th Armoured Division- formed as a normal British armoured division in 1942. The 79th role was changed in spring 1943. It became a unique all-armoured formation responsible for the operation of the special purpose armoured equipment that cracked open Festung Europa on the beaches of Normandie in june 1944, and then smashed into the Channel ports, assaulted Walcheren, fought in operation Veritable to clear the Reichswald, and took part in the crossing of the Rhine, the liberation of the Netherlands, and conquest of northern Germany. Profile book 3.

Keywords: 79th D-day Normandy Walcheren Schelde Scheldt Zeeland Antwerp Antwerpen Rhine Crossing Ijssel Crossing Fighting Vehicles


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