IMAGES OF WAR: MOTORCYCLES AT WAR

Motorcycles were widely used by all belligerents in World War II due to their agility, adaptability and speed. The author has unearthed images of all the major marques. Famous British names (Triumph, Norton, Matchless, BSA, Velocette, James and Rudge) feature, along with the bigger American machines from Indian and Harley-Davidson. German bikes have their own chapter with classics such as NSU, Zundapp and BMW and include hybrid tracked motorcycles known as Kettenkrad - with some shots actually taken by Rommel himself. Also covered are rare experimental prototypes photographed during trials and later in combat, the "funnies" of the wartime biking world.