Second El Alamein: Episode 6 — Shermans, Grants, and 88s
The hardware of El Alamein mattered, but the battle was never a simple contest of which tank was better. This episode explores the American-built Grant and Sherman tanks that strengthened the Eighth Army, the German and Italian armored forces defending the line, and the feared 88-millimeter gun that became one of the desert war’s most dangerous anti-tank weapons. Listeners will learn why reliability, firepower, crew training, maintenance, recovery, and supply were as important as armor thickness or gun size. New equipment helped Montgomery, but only because it was paired with better tactics, larger reserves, stronger logistics, and a more coherent combined-arms plan. At El Alamein, machines mattered most when armies knew how to use them. For more military history writing and books, visit MilitaryAuthor.me, and for magazines, galleries, and a massive archive of military photos and video, visit Trackpads.com.
