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A Company of Tanks - a British Company Commander's View of Tank Warfare During the First World War (Hardcover) Loot Price: R805
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A Company of Tanks - a British Company Commander's View of Tank Warfare During the First World War (Hardcover): W.H.L....

A Company of Tanks - a British Company Commander's View of Tank Warfare During the First World War (Hardcover)

W.H.L. Watson

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Steel, mud, blood and courage on the Western Front
This is a fine book because it is a superb first hand eye-witness account of British Tanks in action throughout the First World War. Without much preamble Watson launches the reader, in company with the author's brother officers, men and machines into the heart of the field of conflict on the 11th Corps forward line on the Western Front in the Autumn and Winter of 1916. From that point to the end of the book and the war itself the narrative takes us inexorably into the dark heart of war the tankers knew. Battles and battlefield experiences in their various phases (sometimes the book includes descriptions as expansive as three chapters each) are covered in engrossing detail. We join the author and the men we come to know as personalities, at First and Second Bullecourt, in much detail at Third Ypres and Cambrai before Amiens, the breaking of the Hindenburg Line and Second Le Cateau. This is a primary source work within a finite resource and as such is beyond value. Nevertheless, it is also a highly absorbing read to be relished by students of the period-professional and amateur alike. Available in soft cover and hard back with dust jacket for collectors.

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Imprint: Leonaur Ltd
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2010
First published: February 2010
Authors: W.H.L. Watson
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 978-1-84677-980-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-84677-980-4
Barcode: 9781846779800

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