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Title: The World War II Tommy: British Army Uniforms European Theatre 1939-45 in Colour Photographs by Martin Brayley, Richard Ingrams, Richard Ingram ISBN: 1-86126-190-X Publisher: Crowood Press (UK) Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Highly Useful Identification Guide
Comment: 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.

Rating: 5
Summary: Splendid uniform reference
Comment: 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.

Rating: 5
Summary: A Solid Resource for Introduction Into British Militaria
Comment: I have literally memorized this book as I have poured over the pictures contained within attempting to gain a grasp of what items were used doing the period. The extent of detail in the pictures is astounding. My only negative critiques are that some rare items are only given a single photo (officer's valise and wire cutters/web pouch) and that the captions do not go into enough detail and background of many items. (I.E., the officer's valise, info on binoculars, and different manufacturers of clothing and web gear.) While I will DEFINATELY purchase their future volume on North Africa and SE Asia, I hope they go into more detail of non-uniform items. This book is a great gift idea and should be on the shelf of any WWII British militaria collector/historian's library.

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