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In 1915 a machine christened "Little Willie" changed the way that wars were fought.
Little Willie was a fully tracked armoured vehicle that could break a trench system. Its development was completed in December 1915, but by then it had already been superseded by an improved design, Mother. This was the first rhomboid tank, and the prototype for the Mark 1 which would influence a whole generation of tank building.
This book details the development of the Mark I, and its surprise arrival in France in the middle of 1916 during the closing weeks of the battles of the Somme.
David Fletcher MBE was born in 1942. He has written a number of books and articles on military subjects and is currently the historian at the Tank Museum, Bovington, UK. He has spent over 40 years studying the development of British armoured vehicles during the two World Wars.
Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years experience. Tony has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series.
Introduction
Little Willie and Mother
The Mark I tank
Unit organisation and arrival in France
The intermediate tanks Mark II & III
Variants
Mark I tanks in Palestine
Tanks saved for preservation
Colour plate commentary