British Armour in the Normandy CampaignThe popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate. |
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21st Army Group 27th Armoured Brigade 3RTR 75 mm gun 7th Armoured Division 88 mm gun A30 Challenger Alanbrooke Allied armour Allied tanks Anglo-Canadian anti-tank guns armament armour protection Armoured Brigade armoured forces armoured formations armoured units artillery assault August Battalion battle battlefield Bill Close British armour British tanks Caen Canadian capable Churchill Churchill tank Churchill’s commanders Cromwell cruiser D-Day D’Este Dempsey deployed Diary divisional doctrine effective employed enemy Epsom equipment fighting fire Firefly firepower German armour German tanks Goodwood heavily armoured heavy infantry support interview with author Jarymowycz July June LHCMA Liddell Hart London Lt-Gen M4 Sherman Maj-Gen Military morale Moreover Normandy campaign northwest Europe numbers O’Connor Operation Bluecoat Operation Overlord Panther Panzer Panzer IV problems role Second World Sherman Firefly Tank Board Tank Brigade tank crews terrain Tiger troops turret vehicles VIII Corps Villers Bocage weapon XXX Corps