A brilliant and prolific collection of rare photographs celebrating the war-winning qualities of arguably the most important tank of the Second World War. Many of the marvelous images have never been seen before but thanks to the author, who has special access to the IWM archive they are now available with full authoritative captions.
Chapter 1. ‘AFPOO’ – The War on Film
Chapter 2. The Sherman Story – Design and Development
Chapter 3. The UK Home Army – First UK Sherman to the ‘Funny’
Chapter 4. North Africa – British Action – Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
Chapter 5. The Mediterranean – Sicily and the Hop to Italy
Chapter 6. NW Europe – Normandy to Belgium & Holland
Chapter 7. NW Europe – Spring 1945 into Germany and Victory
Chapter 8. The Far East – British Shermans up the Jungle
Chapter 9. US Shermans – Wartime American Action
Chapter 10. Model List – Identifying Sherman Variants