Death by Design

British Tank Development in the Second World War

By: Peter Beale

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Paperback | 1 September 2009

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When Britain went to war in 1939 its tank crews were ill-
equipped, under trained and badly led. Compared with
German and Soviet tank forces, the performance of British
tank units during the Second World War was largely
ineffective and the lives of hundreds of British tank
crews were wasted unnecessarily. This was not only due to
poor design, but also to the lack of thought and planning
on the part of successive pre-war governments and the War
Office. Death by Design reviews British tank development
up to 1945 and attempts to identify the causes that led
to those forces being so ill-prepared to fight during the
Second World War. This is a lesson from history about how
a nation must always be prepared to defend itself and the
dangers that befall their troops when such preparations
are not made.

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