by Bryan Perrett (Author)
A brilliant study of the development of the defining form of warfare on land in the 20th century A popular subject of military history narrated by a master of the military genre and punctuated with clear, concise maps All the great tank battles are covered from the Great War to the Gulf, including Cambrai, North Africa, Kursk and the Six Day War.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 222
Edition: New
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 22 Oct 1998
ISBN 10: 0304351288
ISBN 13: 9780304351282
Book Overview: The story of the evolution of armoured warfare in the 20th century, which has seen tanks and other armoured vehicles develop from lumbering, primitive and vulnerable Goliaths to the immensely potent and manoeuvrable agents of lightning battlefield success. This is a collection of the greatest moments of armoured history from the conception of the tank as a means to break the stalemate of the Western Front to Blitzkreig, the great tank battles of the Second World War and the 'mother of all battles' in the Gulf in 1991.