Oleksandr

“Most of the German wheeled transport consisted of captured British vehicles, which led to odd situations when German pursuers overtook retreating British columns.”
― Robert Forczyk, Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Gazala to Tunisia, 1942–43

“Meanwhile, on leaving its frontier positions, XI Corps was ordered to lock up all bunkers there and hand the keys to the staff of the 53rd Division. But this division, held in reserve by Corap, was subsequently moved southwards. The bunkers were to remain locked, and inaccessible.”
― Alistair Horne, To Lose a Battle: France 1940

“In May 1936, Field Marshall Cyril Deverell became the new CIGS and continued his predecessors policies in regard to accelerated mechanization efforts. When Deverell took over, the British Army still had 13,000 horses and it was spending as much on new remounts as it was on new tank prototypes.”
― Robert Forczyk, Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41

“The last of the celebrated seaplane racers designed by ing. Castoldi, the MC.72, despite not participating in a Schneider Trophy event, established - once finally developed - numerous world speed records, culminating in 1934 with the absolute world speed record for seaplanes of 709.209 km/h, a record still unbroken in this category of aircraft.”
― Luigino Caliaro, Aeronautica Macchi Fighters: C.200 Saetta, C.202 Folgore, C.205 Veltro