Allied-Axis
The Photo Journal of the Second World War
Issue 3
Ampersand Publishing.
96 pages soft cover.

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This is the third in the series and continues the same formula of good close-up photos plus wartime photos. Many of the photos are one to a page which allows the details to be clearly seen with the large photos. Each page has brief descriptions at the bottom of each picture.

Contents of issue 3:

This is superb sequence of photos with many close-ups of the rear bogie being disconnected from the trailer, the Panzer III being loaded and the bogie reattached and then driven to a repair depot. Finally there are a few photos of a Bussing-NAG Type 4500A heavy truck with 3-ton crane removing the engine pack form the Panzer III with some superb shots of the power pack.

There is a superb mix of WWII in action photos with great close-ups of museum M26 mixed in with segments from the workshop manual. The M26A1 is also covered although all the close-ups are of the armoured M26. There are some good photo sequences including the much covered M26 towing a disabled Panther through a German town in 1944. Another has DWs transporting LVT-2 in preparation a river crossing in Germany with some great shots of a LVT-2 being unloaded.
There are also a number of post war photos of the M26A1 and M15A1 trailer.

Finally there is small section with some excellent close-up detail shots of an M3A1 White Scout Car with both interior and exterior shots as well as of the engine in and out of the vehicle.

Do yourselves a favour and get hold of these Allied-Axis books, I suspect they won't be around forever and will be sought after high and low.

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Thanks to Ampersand for the review copy.

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