| ISBN |
0340923490 (pbk.) |
| 9780340923498 (pbk.) |
| Name |
Kershaw, Robert J., 1950- |
| Title |
Tank men : the human story of tanks at war / Robert Kershaw. |
| Edition |
Paperback [ed.] |
| Published |
London : Hodder, 2009 |
| Description |
xviii, 462 p. : ill. ; cm. |
| Notes |
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008. |
| Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-415) and index. |
| Contents |
Genesis -- New tank men -- Preparing for war -- A different war -- Blitzkrieg in France -- Tank action France -- Western desert see-saw -- Desert tank battle -- The Russian crucible -- Desert comeback -- Tank action Eastern Front -- Mass versus technology -- Normandy tank fighting -- Tank men. |
| Summary |
The First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three generations: the tank. In Tank Men, ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease and the fury of a tank battle through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in those fearsome machines. Drawing on vivid, newly researched personal testimony from the crucial battles of the First and Second World Wars, this is military history at its very best. |
| Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare |
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