The British Army paid a terrible price for training in modern mobile warfare, but learned its lesson. When she returned to the continent in June 1944 - hardened by years of fighting in the African desert, Sicily, Italy and buoyed by the might of her American allies "industry - it was a very different army, capable of confronting the Wehrmacht on an equal footing. The losses of the last eleven months of the war were inevitably very high, especially after Germany went on the defensive. Braley's book tells about the development of the organizational structure of the British army, uniforms and military equipment during the Second World War. The text is accompanied by unique photographs. Colour illustrations are prepared from wartime documents and provide an accurate representation of the distinctive uniform elements of British Army personnel. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers who are fond of the history of World War II and military uniforms.