Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Matilda’s demise in North Africa was caused by attrition, as destroyed hulls were replaced by other tanks, rather than being directly replaced with new Matildas.
It began as a routine attack. Just after dawn, British Matilda and cruiser tanks rolled forward across the hard desert floor toward a low, stony ridge. The dust behind them rose in long brown plumes.
The Matilda II tank was ready just in time to join the fight when World War 2 broke out and became the only British tank to serve throughout the entire conflict. The imposing model was conceptualized ...