The Bailey Bridge was built during the Second World War in Great Britain and was used on a very large scale by Allied units between 1943 and 1945. This bridge was characterized by a very simple structure consisting of ready-made elements (preparations) "assembled" immediately before its use, good strength and relatively low cost of production. It could also be assembled by hand, without the use of heavy equipment, which greatly facilitated operation. Another advantage of the bridge was that it could support the M3 Lee and M4 Sherman medium tanks. Its author and chief designer was Donald Bailey, from whom the name of this type of bridge comes. Most often, the Bailey Bridge was built with a length of approximately 50-60 meters, but it happened that bridges up to 300 meters long were built! It was widely used during the Italian campaign (1943-1945), battles in northwestern Europe (1944-1945), as well as in the Far East, during the battles in Burma
