The World War II Tommy: British Army Uniforms of the European Theatre 1939-45 [Hardcover]

Brayley/Ingram (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 1999

Photos of original uniforms worn by live models present a dynamic recreation of the army at the outbreak of WWII, through to the liberation of North West Europe in 1944-45. Brayley and Ingram have assembled a wide range of rare surviving items - some never before published - including infantry, tank crews, airborne troops, gunners, engineers and medical personnel, set in extraordinarily realistic settings. Superb!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Crowood (April 5, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 186126190X
• ISBN-13: 978-1861261908
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,466,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking images of original uniforms., December 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The World War II Tommy: British Army Uniforms of the European Theatre 1939-45 (Hardcover)

AUTHOR MARTIN J. BRAYLEY writes:-

This is the second book co produced with Richard Ingram, as with WW11 British Womens Uniforms all of the uniforms and equipment are original to the period portrayed. A huge range of subjects are covered, including walking out dress, medical, air landing, tank, mountain and assault troops, motorcyclists, hospital patients, in fact everything from underwear to the demob suits issued in 1945. The material is presented chronologically in three sections, 1. The Phoney war to the Fall of France, 2. The Long Road back, 3.Assault on Fortress Europe. Every effort has gone in to ensuring that the images are as correct as possible, right down to the minutiae of props, you can judge the result for yourselves. The second volume in this series "Khaki Drill and Jungle Green" is being worked on at this moment, and there are more volumes planned for future release. I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as myself and Richard enjoyed writing it. MARTIN J. BRAYLEY.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Useful Identification Guide, November 15, 2001

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El Cutachero (MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World War II Tommy: British Army Uniforms of the European Theatre 1939-45 (Hardcover)

The work consists mostly of large format photographs of reenactors wearing original clothing and kit of the period. (Overall size of about 8 by 10 inches.) It goes much beyond anything else I have seen except the two volume set by Jean Bouchery (c.f.) and includes not just the ordinary battle dress worn by Tommy Atkins and his officers but the specialized kit of parachutists, mountain troops (cold weather gear), motorcyclists, and other unusual garb.
Many of the plates are done in the fashion of the French magazine Militaria which is a highly useful source as well.
Not only is ithis work an identification source; it also has some developmental history and organigrammes of front line tactical units.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid uniform reference, October 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The World War II Tommy: British Army Uniforms of the European Theatre 1939-45 (Hardcover)

A great book for uniform buffs, lots of colour pictures. Plenty of equipment shown, although text is generally (as per the books title)related to uniforms. Captions are concise but to have expanded on them would have undoubtedly reduced the number of photographs in the book and as they say a picture is worth a thousand words. THE WW11 Brit uniform book.