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This WWII history chronicles the remarkable career of a brilliant British Army commander and the innovative armored vehicles he created.
Joining the Royal Tank Corps in 1923, Major-General Percy Hobart quickly established himself as one of the foremost thinkers on armored warfare. By 1938 he was GOC Mobile Division, later 7th Armored Division, in Egypt. He was also known for not suffering foolsa tendency that got him briefly relieved of his command. But during World War II, Winston Churchill called Hobart back to Army service with orders to train the now-legendary 11th Armored Division. He was then tasked with designing specialist armored fighting vehicles capable of breeching the Atlantic Wall.
Known as Hobarts Funnies, these unique vehicles included mine-clearing tanks, bridge-carrying tanks, flamethrowers, swimming tanks and amphibious assault vehicles. Operated by Hobarts 79th Armored Division, they played a major part in the D-Day landings and the subsequent European campaigns.
Hobarts skills played a significant part in the final Allied victory, and the specialized funnies he introduced to modern warfare have since been adopted by all armies all over the world. Drawing on official records and personal recollections, historian Richard Doherty tells the incredible story of Percy Hobart and his 79th Armored Division.
Joining the Royal Tank Corps in 1923, Major-General Percy Hobart quickly established himself as one of the foremost thinkers on armored warfare. By 1938 he was GOC Mobile Division, later 7th Armored Division, in Egypt. He was also known for not suffering foolsa tendency that got him briefly relieved of his command. But during World War II, Winston Churchill called Hobart back to Army service with orders to train the now-legendary 11th Armored Division. He was then tasked with designing specialist armored fighting vehicles capable of breeching the Atlantic Wall.
Known as Hobarts Funnies, these unique vehicles included mine-clearing tanks, bridge-carrying tanks, flamethrowers, swimming tanks and amphibious assault vehicles. Operated by Hobarts 79th Armored Division, they played a major part in the D-Day landings and the subsequent European campaigns.
Hobarts skills played a significant part in the final Allied victory, and the specialized funnies he introduced to modern warfare have since been adopted by all armies all over the world. Drawing on official records and personal recollections, historian Richard Doherty tells the incredible story of Percy Hobart and his 79th Armored Division.
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First published in Great Britain in 2011 by
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Copyright Richard Doherty 2011
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Dedication
To all who served in the Funnies of 79th Armoured Division and to their GOC, Major General Sir Percy Hobart
Contents
Note to readers
No references to sources are included in this book but, for those readers who seek details of the sources used, annotated versions of the book have been deposited in The Tank Museum at Bovington and the Imperial War Museum in London.
Acknowledgements
When Brigadier Henry Wilson, Publishing Manager at Pen and Sword Books, first suggested that I should write this book I hesitated. Part of that hesitation was due to my believing that both Hobart and his Funnies of 79th Armoured Division had received enough attention in print in recent years but Henry persisted with his suggestion and I began doing some more research on Hobart and his famous wartime command. I knew that Hobarts mother, the remarkable Janetta Stanley, was a Tyrone woman, a fact that probably ensured that I took Henry up on his suggestion as my family background is also from that county. (I was not prepared for the discovery that Hobarts father was also Irish, thus making Hobo another of those Irish generals of the Second World War.)
As with every book of this nature, I enjoyed immensely the research aspect Ive always had a problem deciding when the research ends and the writing begins and this particular book took me into a new area of research that of genealogy as I found out more about Hobarts family background. For their assistance in this aspect of the book, I wish to thank Ronnie and Fred Trouton, Norman Hughes, Dessie Gordon and Ronnie McLean who helped me find out more about the mysterious runaway marriage of Robert Hobart and Janetta Stanley. Colin McCallum knows his way through the trails of family history and he it was who pointed me in the correct direction for a copy of the Robert Hobart/Janetta Stanley marriage certificate. Rather than being a runaway affair the marriage was conducted in Janettas parish church with one of Roberts family as the officiating clergyman. One wonders how the family myth for such it must be of the runaway marriage developed? My sincere thanks go to Colin for all his invaluable assistance and advice.
As the years pass, there are fewer and fewer veterans of the Second World War still with us and so it was difficult to find many to describe their experiences. One such is Ian Hammerton, who served in 22nd Dragoons the Dinky Doos and who is the Secretary of the Regimental Old Comrades Association. Not only that, but Ian also wrote of his wartime experiences as a flail troop commander. Thank you, Ian, for all your help.
Many veterans left written accounts of their time with 79th Armoured Division, some of which have been deposited in the Department of Documents at the Imperial War Museum in London. There I was able to read personal accounts, as well as collections of personal papers donated to the Museum. The IWM also allowed me to read books that have long been out of print and its Photograph Archive provided some of the illustrations that appear in this volume. Particular thanks are due to Mr Rod Suddaby for his unstinting help.
War diaries and other official documents were consulted at the National Archives at Kew where, in spite of the many demands made on their time and patience, the staff of the reading and search rooms are always helpful and courteous.
At Kew I had the assistance of Bob OHara and his able research team who provided information for me whenever I was unable to get to Kew. And on my visits to Kew it is always a pleasure to enjoy Bobs company and put the world to rights over cups of tea. My thanks to Bob and his team for all their help.
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