Author: HIGGINS, DAVID R.
Title: Mark IV Vs A7v Villers
Description: Long Island City, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2012. First US Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1780960050. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Color and B&W illustrations and maps ; Duel; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 80 pages; "In March 1918 the Germans launched a series of massive assaults in a bid to break the deadlock on the Western Front and win the war. By this time the British armoured forces had seen extensive combat. The Germans, though, lagged behind in developing armoured fighting vehicles; the March offensive saw the first deployment of the Germans' own design, the A7V. Seeking to capture the important road hub of Amiens, on 24 April the Germans overran Villers-Bretonneux, but were soon halted by Allied ground forces. As three British Mark IV tanks moved up to support a counterattack to regain the town, three German A7Vs arrived on the scene, triggering history's first tank-versus-tank battle.". Near Fine .

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