M3 LEE
Sep 02, 2021
2 minutes
WORDS CRAIG MOORE
n June 1940, the British lost or abandoned most of their armoured of the retreat from France vehicles prior to the evacuation from Dunkirk, so a British ‘Tank Mission’ headed by Michael Dewar went to the United States to negotiate the purchase of new tanks. The delegation wanted US factories to build British-designed tanks, but this was unacceptable to the Americans. They would only provide tanks that the US Army had
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