Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance is the latest addition to The Queensland Museum Discovery Guide series. The bloody battles of the First World War were fought with many new and increasingly destructive weapons. One of the most significant of these was the tank. Only a single type of German tank was used in action, the A7V Sturmpanzerwagen, and it was a formidable opponent for the Allied forces. 506 Mephisto, the world’s sole surviving A7V, was captured on the battlefields of France in 1918. Under cover of darkness, with gas shells falling around them, a small group of soldiers — Queenslanders and Tasmanians of the 26th Battalion — retrieved the tank from within sight of the German lines. This book tells the story of 506 Mephisto against a backdrop of conflict, technological change and the heroism of ordinary men. 358 pages.
Title: Mephisto : Technology, War and Remembrance. A Queensland Museum Discovery Guide
ISBN Number: 064809443X
ISBN-13: 9780648094432
Location Published: Australia, Queensland Museum: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: New
Size: 26.0 x 21.7 x 2.9 cm
Kg: 1.64 Kg
Type: Book
Categories: Tanks & Armoured Vehicles, World War I, Australian History, Queensland History
Seller ID: 9780648094432
Keywords: 064809443x, 9780648094432, a queensland museum discovery guide, a7v, a7v mephisto, gregory czechura, jeff hopkins-weise, sturmpanzerwagen, technology war and remembrance, the last german first world war tank
