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Sir Winston Churchill FRS (18 April 1620 – 26 March 1688), known as the Cavalier Colonel, was an English soldier, historian, and politician. [2] He was the father of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and a direct ancestor and namesake of Sir Winston Churchill, who served as British prime minister in the 20th century during the Second ...
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The Churchill tank was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Winston Churchill told Field Marshal Jan Smuts"That is the tank they named after me when they found out it was no damn good!" The name only incidentally matched what became the British Army practice of giving service names beginning with C to tanks. Cruiser tankswere given ...
A20
Initially specified just before the outbreak of the Second World War, the A20 (its General Staff specification) was to supplement the Matilda II and Valentine infantry tanks. In accordance with British infantry tank doctrine and based on the expected needs of attacking a fixed defensive line, crossing wide trenches, possibly shell-cratered ground similar to First World War trench warfare it was to be immune to the current German 3.7 cm Pak 36 anti-tank guns and carry an unditching beam. A gen...
A22
With France lost, the scenario of trench warfare in Northern Europe was no longer applicable and the design was revised by Dr H. E. Merritt,[note 3] Director of Tank Design at Woolwich Arsenal, based on the combat witnessed in Poland and France. These new specifications, for the A22 or Infantry Tank Mark IV, were given to Vauxhallin June 1940. With a German invasion of Britain looking imminent, and the loss of a substantial amount of military vehicles in the evacuation from France, the War Of...
The hull was made up of simple flat plates, which were bolted together in earlier models and were welded in later models. The hull was split into four compartments: the driver's position at the front, then the fighting compartment including the turret, the engine compartment, and the gearbox compartment. The suspension was fitted under the two larg...
The Churchill tank was produced with Vauxhall as the design parent. Subcontracted work on some tanks was provided by Whessoe Foundry & Engineering, Metropolitan‑Cammell Carriage & Wagon, Babcock & Wilcox, Newton, Chambers & Company and the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company; the latter two produced some complete vehicles. Other contractors...
Dieppe Raid
The Churchill first saw combat on 19 August 1942, in the Dieppe Raid in France. The Dieppe raid was planned to temporarily take control of the French port of Dieppe using a strong force of about 6,000 troops – mostly drawn from inexperienced Canadian units. The operation, codenamed Jubilee, would test the feasibility of opposed landings. Nearly 60 Churchill tanks from the 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment (Tank))[note 6] were allocated to support the infantry and commandos; they w...
North Africa
Two Mark II had been sent to North Africa for trials and they were joined by six Mk III Churchills (with the 6 pounder) to form the Special Tank Squadron commanded by Major Norris King. They saw action in the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942. This detachment, called "Kingforce", supported the attack of 7th Motor Brigade first with three tanks at Kidney Ridge (where one was hit "repeatedly" by anti-tank gun fire (including "friendly fire" from a British gun) and another took "a lot...
Italy
Churchill tanks were not initially used in the Italian mainland in 1943. There were six regiments with Churchills in Tunisia, these may have been kept out because Montgomery preferred the Sherman or because their 6-pdr guns were not considered suitable for the fighting in Italy. Churchills did land in Italy in April/May 1944 with 75mm gun armed Churchills arriving later.As the mainstay of the Tank Brigades, which operated in support of the infantry, Churchill units were in operation more ofte...
During the course of the war, as well as new production, older vehicles were reworked to bring them up to later standard. For example, 2-pdr turrets were replaced with the 6-pdr turret, and the improved commander's cupola (with eight periscopes) introduced after the first Mark VII was applied to some earlier marks as well. Nearly 3,100 Churchills o...
Australia – retired, replaced with the Centurionmain battle tankIreland – retired in 1969, replaced with the Cometcruiser tankA number of Churchills still exist as gate guardians or war memorials, while many examples reside in museums. Jacques Littlefield's Military Vehicle Technology Foundation in California, United States, acquired a Flail FV3902 "Toad" in its collection in 2008 after it was restored to full working order by RR Services in Kent, England; it was subseque...
"Fabrication of the new Churchill Tank, MK VII". royaltankregiment.com. The Royal Tank Regiment Association. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2010.Churchill Infantry Tank (A.22). wwiiequipment.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.- United Kingdom
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Sir Winston Churchill (baptisé le 18 avril 1620 – 26 mars 1688 ), surnommé le Cavalier Colonel, est un militaire, historien, aristocrate et politicien britannique. Il est le père de John Churchill, premier duc de Marlborough, éminent militaire britannique, et l'ancêtre du Premier ministre britannique Winston Churchill .
- Militaire, historien, homme politique
- 18 avril 1620Angleterre
- 26 mars 1688 (à 67 ans)
- St John's College
Winston Churchill nació el 30 de noviembre de 1874 en el palacio de Blenheim, por aquel entonces propiedad de su abuelo, séptimo duque de Marlborough. Su padre era lord Randolph Churchill y su madre una joven norteamericana de deslumbrante belleza llamada Jennie Jerome. No hay duda de que en sus primeros años conoció la felicidad, pues en ...
12 de jun. de 2023 · Winston Churchill (1874-1965) fue un estadista, político, autor, periodista, historiador y militar británico. Es conocido por ser uno de los principales líderes durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
La Muerte y funeral de Estado de Sir Winston Churchill, el estadista, soldado y escritor británico que se desempeñó como Primer Ministro del Reino Unido durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ocurrió el 24 de enero de 1965, a los 90 años. 1 2 3 El suyo fue el primer funeral de estado en el Reino Unido para un no- miembro de la familia real des...
