{"product_id":"after-the-battle-adam-langweiler-9798189694356","title":"After the Battle: Military Salvage, Recovery and Reuse in the Second World War","description":"After the Battle\u003cbr\u003eThe Forgotten Salvage and Recovery Units of World War II\u003cp\u003eThe battle was over-but the work had only begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind every advancing army stood a largely forgotten force of mechanics, recovery crews, salvage workers, engineers, drivers, armourers, divers, and workshop personnel. Their task was to enter the wreckage left behind, recover damaged machinery, clear roads and harbours, reclaim valuable materials, and return broken equipment to service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout them, armies would have quickly run out of vehicles, weapons, spare parts, and transport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Battle\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the hidden world of wartime salvage and recovery during the Second World War. From the deserts of North Africa and the mud of the Eastern Front to the beaches of Normandy, the jungles of Burma, and the devastated cities of Europe, these units worked wherever machinery had broken down, burned, sunk, or been abandoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this book, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow damaged tanks and trucks were recovered under fire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy cannibalisation kept entire armoured formations moving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow British REME, American Ordnance units, Australian salvage companies, Soviet repair teams, and other Allied organisations operated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wreckers, tractors, transporters, and armoured recovery vehicles that made battlefield recovery possible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow captured German, Italian, Japanese, and Soviet equipment was inspected, reused, or dismantled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dangerous work of clearing mines, booby traps, ammunition, aircraft wrecks, and sunken ships\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow salvage continued after 1945 as roads, railways, ports, farms, and cities were rebuilt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat collectors and restorers can learn from workshop markings, replacement components, paint layers, field repairs, and rebuild plates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Second World War was not won by production alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was won by the people who refused to allow damaged machinery to remain lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir work transformed wreckage into transport, broken vehicles into spare parts, and abandoned battlefields into the foundations of the next advance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Battle\u003c\/i\u003e restores these forgotten men and machines to their rightful place in military history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Langweiler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189694356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.01d","brand":"Adam Langweiler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666026205439,"sku":"9798189694356","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-the-battle-adam-langweiler-9798189694356","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}