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Villers-Bocage Through the Lens
Daniel Taylor
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Hardcover. An analysis of the tank battle that took place at Villers-Bocage in 1944, when the 7th Armoured Division, or "Desert Rats", took on German panzers and were heavily defeated. The text bases its arguments on photographs taken in the aftermath and the testimony of German tank ace Michael Wittmann. Num Pages: 88 pages, 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AJC; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 306 x 40. Weight in Grams: 708. 88 pages, 150 b&w illustrations. An analysis of the tank battle that took place at Villers-Bocage in 1944, when the 7th Armoured Division, or "Desert Rats", took on German panzers and were heavily defeated. The text bases its arguments on photographs taken in the aftermath and the testimony of German tank ace Michael Wittmann. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AJC; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Dimension: 216 x 306 x 40. Weight: 694.
Villers-Bocage has, for years, been the battle that confirmed the reputation of Germany's greatest tank ace, Michael Wittmann. In this book the battle is analysed in depth for the first time through detailed examination of the images taken by war photographers after the town was captured by German forces. The claims made of the battle are re-appraised, and the arguments set out in dozens of published accounts have been compared with primary evidence never utilised before, and evaluated anew. Perhaps the two most striking �revelations come from German sources. First, graphically, by the study of the 100 photographs taken by ... Read more
Villers-Bocage has, for years, been the battle that confirmed the reputation of Germany's greatest tank ace, Michael Wittmann. In this book the battle is analysed in depth for the first time through detailed examination of the images taken by war photographers after the town was captured by German forces. The claims made of the battle are re-appraised, and the arguments set out in dozens of published accounts have been compared with primary evidence never utilised before, and evaluated anew. Perhaps the two most striking �revelations come from German sources. First, graphically, by the study of the 100 photographs taken by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
After the Battle
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
707g
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781870067072
SKU
V9781870067072
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99-1
About Daniel Taylor
Daniel Taylor is best known for his work on the battle of Villers-Bocage. He is the Curator for the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum, and writes on a number of military subjects, chiefly, though not exclusively, relating to the Sharpshooters and other Yeomanry Regiments. For many years he has lectured and presented on 20th Century warfare, lecturing for the Army, ... Read more
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