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THE WIPERS TIMES
Gallows humour at its best
TANKS
+
Over-hyped and overrated?
Jeremy Black analyses the
debut of the tank in WWI
Battle of the Alamo, 1836
IRON MAN OF
THE UNION
William T Sherman
ROOSEVELT VS
CHURCHILL
A tortured wartime relationship
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THE WIPERS TIMES
Gallows humour at its best
TANKS
AN S
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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:
Martin Brown
Archaeological Advisor, Defence
Estates, Ministry of Defence
Battle of the Alamo, 1836
attle f t e lamo, 83
Mark Corby
Military historian, lecturer, and
broadcaster
I
Paul Cornish
Curator, Imperial War Museum
Gary Gibbs
Assistant Curator, The Guards Museum
Angus Hay
Former Army Oicer, military
historian, and lecturer
Nick Hewitt
Historian, National Museum of the
Royal Navy, Portsmouth
Nigel Jones
Historian, biographer, and journalist
Alastair Massie
Head of Archives, Photos, Film, and
Sound, National Army Museum
Gabriel Moshenska
Research Fellow, Institute
of Archaeology, UCL
Colin Pomeroy
Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force
(Ret.), and historian
Michael Prestwich
Emeritus Professor of History,
University of Durham
Nick Saunders
Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
s the tank now a military anachronism? Is it going
the way of the cavalry it replaced?
We pose the question and leave it hanging as
we mark the centenary of the debut of the tank in
September 1916. In our special this issue, Jeremy Black
assesses the military impact of the new weapon in the
second half of the First World War, while Arnold Harvey
selects some personal testimony from among the pioneers
of armoured warfare.
Then we have three very different American stories.
Fred Chiaventone recalls the epic last stand of a make-
shift Texas militia at the Alamo in 1836. Like many last
stands, it was the precursor to decisive victory – in this
case that of San Jacinto, which established the indepen-
dence of Texas.
Then Graham Goodlad continues our occasional
Great Commanders series with an assessment of
William Tecumseh Sherman, the iron man of the
Union in the American Civil War, while Nigel Hamilton
introduces his new study of the fraught wartime
relationship between President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill.
Finally, Patrick Mercer takes us into the hell of
Mametz Wood in July 1916, alongside that famous
(and very literary) British regiment, the Royal
Welch Fusiliers.
Over-hyped and overrated?
Jeremy Black analyses the
debut of the tank in WWI
IRON MAN OF
THE UNION
William T Sherman
Wi i m S r
ROOSEVELT VS
CHURCHILL
A tortured wartime relationship
tor
at e
on h p
ON THE COVER:
A Mark IV (Male) tank
ditched in a German trench near Ribecourt
during the Battle of Cambrai, 20 November
1917.
Credit:
Alamy
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CONTRIBUTORS
THIS MONTH’S EXPERTS
JEREMY BLACK
is Professor of
History at the
University of
Exeter. His many
books include
Naval Power, Air
Power, Rethinking Military History,
and
War and Technology.
FRED
CHIAVENTONE
is an historian,
retired cavalry
oicer, and Pro-
fessor Emeritus
for International
Security Afairs at the US Army’s
Command and General Staf College.
ARNOLD HARVEY
NIGEL HAMILTON
is a former univer-
is author of the
sity teacher and
award-winning
author of
Collision
Monty
trilogy, and,
of Empires: Britain
most recently,
in three world
Commander in
wars, 1793-1945,
Chief: FDR’s battle
with Churchill, 1943,
published by
Arnhem,
and
Body Politic: political
metaphor and political violence.
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ON THE COVER
Tanks in the
First World War
Marking the centenary of the
birth of tank warfare, Jeremy
Black ofers an appraisal of the
successes and failures of the
irst tanks, and Arnold Harvey
explores the combat experience
of the irst tank crews.
INCLUDES:
Background
Technology
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Exhibition
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UPFRONT
Welcome
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Notes from the Frontline
War Composers
Tim Rayborn on the wartime experiences
of Richard Strauss.
FEATURES
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Roosevelt versus Churchill
A tortured wartime relationship
Nigel Hamilton investigates the relationship
between Winston Churchill and Franklin D
Roosevelt during the Second World War.
Behind the Image
Maria Earle looks at a photograph of
Cossack Bay, Balaklava, taken in 1855.
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Iron Man of the Union
William T Sherman
Graham Goodlad reviews the
career of a controversial American
Civil War commander.
War Culture
George Clode marks the centenary of
the
irst edition of the trench newspaper
The Wipers Times.
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‘A small afair’
The defence of the Alamo, 1836
Fred Chiaventone examines a critical
moment in the Texas Revolution.
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REGIMENT
The Royal Welch Fusiliers
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Patrick Mercer explores the hell of
Mametz Wood in July 1916 from the
perspective of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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