Tank Combat in Spain: Armored Warfare During the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Candil Anthony J.)(Pevná vazba) - diskuze

...offers important insight into the employment of tanks during the war, lessons learned (or not learned) by the participating armed forces... -- Globe at War
Although Spain had been for many years on the periphery of the great affairs of Europe, within a few months of the Civil War breaking out in 1936, three out of the four major European powers--Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union--decided to intervene. Spain turned out to be the perfect proving ground to carry out controlled, realistic experiments with live weapons and troops. This book covers the theories of the three main contributors that provided armor to the warring parties in the civil war, how those contributions shaped combat, and how the lessons learned were then applied to tank combat in World War II.
The use of tanks in the Spanish Civil War wedded traditional war to modern technology. The
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