An outstanding history of the Tiger I (Pzkpfw VI) that shocked the Allies on its introduction. A study of the tank, it's use by German forces and how the Allies reacted and countered it. Includes 25*battle maps, 31*tables of data and 500+*b/w photographs and diagrams. 662pp. Pictorial boards. Books weigh 2.8kg, additional postage fee is likely to be required.

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Title

The Tiger Tank and Allied Intelligence: [Complete in Four Volumes]; Volume I-Grosstraktor to Tiger 231, 1926-1943; Volume II-The Tunisian Tigers; Volume III-Tiger 131: From Africa to Europe; Volume IV-Capabilities and Performance

Publisher

Tank Archives Press, Coronado, USA

Publication Date

2021

Language

English

ISBN 10

1951171136

ISBN 13

9781951171131

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

3rd Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket Issued

Weight

2800 grams

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WW2: Tanks, Artillery & Military Vehicles

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Synopsis

THE TIGER TANK was dramatically more powerful than any other tank when deployed in 1942. Why were the Allies taken by surprise? How did the Germans preserve its secrets?

After 20 years of research on three continents, across 25 battle maps, 31 tables of data, more than 500 photographs and drawings, and previously unidentified first-hand accounts, these volumes reveal what Allied technicians discovered and what the propagandists covered up and distorted. Thus, we can learn more about the Tiger as it really was, rather than the hearsay that history books perpetuate.

THIS FIRST VOLUME explains what foreigners knew about Germany's heavy tanks from 1926 to 1943; how the British decrypted signals about Tigers months before confirmation in the field; how the Soviets fought Tigers eight months before sharing intelligence with Allies; how the Western Allies fought Tigers seven weeks earlier than they realized; how the French were the targets of the first deep battle involving Tigers, but the Americans captured the personnel and components, while the British captured the imagery.

The capture of Tiger 231 is stranger still. British units claimed it, but a Canadian commanded the company that first fired on it, and a Canadian engineer was the first to exploit it; although it lay within Allied lines, the Germans demolished it; they rated the demolition as thorough, but two British technicians heroically and accurately analysed the wreck; yet propaganda and political spin proved more enduring, even today.

About the Author

Bruce Oliver Newsome Ph.D. served in the British and US Army reserves, latterly on M1 Abrams tanks. As a research scientist, he worked to improve army acquisitions. Now he lectures on intelligence and counter-intelligence, and volunteers in the Tank Museum's archives.

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