After the Second World War, 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. Then during the Korean War of 1950-53 both sides
deployed large numbers of armored fighting vehicles, and 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.
For this fascinating book over 180 contemporary photographs have been
selected to show Soviet-built T-34/85s and Su-76s, American M4 Shermans,
M26 Pershings and M46 Pattons, and British Cromwells and Centurions in
action in one of the defining conflicts of the Cold War.