The Tanks. The History of the Royal Tank Regiment and its Predecessors Heavy Branch Machine-Gun Corps, Tank Corps and Royal Tank Corps. Two volumes; 1914-1939 and 1939-1945. Foreword by Viscount MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN.

LIDDELL HART, Capt.B.H.:

Published by Cassell. London. 1959 1st edition.

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Hardback. Size 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 2 Volumes. In black cloth covers with silver to spine. With illustrated dustwrappers. In very good condition with very good dustwrappers. (dw; Tanning and foxing marks to rear covers, spines, and inside flaps. Rubbing to edges. Nicks from corners and ends of spines. Larger chips from top ends of spines. Not price clipped. In protective cellophane wrappers.). Ends of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Tanning to endpapers. Some foxing spots on page edges. Volume 2 water stain to top end of page edges. Inside generally very clean and tight copies. 462, 555pp. Prof ills with b/w photographs and fold out maps. This book was commissioned by the Royal Tank Regiment?s Historical Committee and covers forty years of struggle for the fulfilment of a new idea. The true potential of the tank in warfare was never fully realised by those in authority until the German Blitzkrieg of 1940.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tanks. The History of the Royal Tank Regiment and its Predecessors Heavy Branch Machine-Gun Corps, Tank Corps and Royal Tank Corps. Two volumes; 1914-1939 and 1939-1945. Foreword by Viscount MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN.
• Publisher: Cassell. London. 1959 1st edition.
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