FIGHTING TIGERS IN ITALY: First Hand Accounts of Tanks in Combat

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Examines the feared German Tiger tank, its strengths and weaknesses, and Allied encounters from North Africa to Italy. Starting at the Anzio amphibious landings in January 1944 and finishing with the Senio offensive in 1945, draws on official histories unit diaries, reports, and personal accounts to look at encounters between Tigers (and sometimes the Elefant based on the hull of its cousin the Porsche Tiger). Seeks to examine how the crews of Allied armor leaned to deal with this menace and sometimes failed to do so. Delves into a number of detailed accounts of some significant encounters at Anzio, in Tuscany, and on the plains of the Po Valley. Contains 70 mono illustrations.