6TH GUARDS TANK BRIGADEThe Story Of Guardsmen In Churchill Tanks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781783319213)

The 6th Guards Armoured Brigade was formed in 1941 from the Infantry of the Guards. In 1942 all British armoured divisions were reorganised to have one armoured brigade and one motor brigade. The 6th Guards Armoured became an independent tank brigade being renamed as the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. The brigade now equipped with the Churchill tank, served in the North West Europe Campaign landing in Normandy on 20 July 1944. They went onto take part in Operation Bluecoat, the attack by the British Second Army at the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July 1944 to 7 August 1944. The geographical objectives of the attack were to secure the key road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pin輟n. Strategically, the attack was made to support the American exploitation of their breakout on the western flank of the Normandy beachhead. They also saw action during Operation Veritable, a pincer movement conducted by Montgomery's 21st Army Group to clear and occupy the land between the Rhine and Maas rivers, and finally ending the war at L?eck on the Baltic Sea.

Author: Patrick Forbes
ISBN-10: 1783319216
ISBN-13: 9781783319213
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2015
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d