Sherman dans le Pacifique 1943-1945

After Pearl Harbor, the loss of the Philippines and the threat of an invasion of Australia, the reconquest of the Pacific is a unique episode in the annals of modern military history with, as a battlefield, an ocean and as many islands transformed into fortresses. Landing, advancing in a hostile environment and fighting an adversary as courageous as he is fanatical, the task would have been immeasurable for the sole infantryman without the help of the M4 Sherman tank.

Despite terrain that was most often unsuitable for the use of the tank, the intervention of the Sherman limited American losses, by reducing the Japanese defensive positions to cannon or flamethrowers. But, each time, these high-risk missions could make the vehicle and its crew go from being a besieger to being besieged. Thus, over the months, the Sherman would change appearance with its improvised additional armor or its hatches protected by wire mesh or bristling with spikes.

Throughout the pages, you will be able to discover this metamorphosis illustrated by archive photos or color profiles. The latter will also allow you to appreciate the camouflages, unit markings and graffiti that mean that at the end of the conflict and within the same unit, practically no tank looks like another.