Project Gutenberg 2009-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 175 Haigh, Richard 1895 18013150 Life in a Tank Produced by Jeannie Howse and Friend, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Life in a Tank" by Richard Haigh is a military memoir written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the experiences of soldiers in the Tank Corps during World War I, detailing their training, battles, and personal challenges. The primary focus is on the psychological and physical realities of fighting from within a tank, offering insights into the lives of those serving in this relatively new branch of the military. The opening of the book establishes the allure and complexity of tank warfare as perceived by the soldiers. It begins with vivid descriptions of the tanks as iron beasts, accompanied by the protagonist Talbot's reflections on leaving his infantry unit for the Tank Corps. Readers meet Talbot and his fellow soldiers as they undergo rigorous training, confront their fears, and begin to form camaraderie in a setting devoid of traditional military history. The narrative paints a picture of their initial excitement about this novel form of warfare, interspersed with humor and the somber realities of military life while hinting at the chaos and uncertainty that await them on the battlefront. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English D501 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 195797 191994 2024-09-12T08:15:29.198960 2023-09-12T11:31:01.072080 text/html text/html 191566 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1135934 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1165788 2024-09-12T08:15:35.047904 application/epub+zip 1163610 2024-09-12T08:15:30.914922 application/epub+zip 120690 2024-09-12T08:15:29.886932 application/epub+zip 1267453 2024-09-12T08:15:38.190879 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1240877 2024-09-12T08:15:34.098911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204629 2022-09-13T08:17:13.947903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166779 166557 2024-09-12T08:15:28.515930 2023-09-12T11:31:00.570064 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 166628 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64473 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 166619 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64424 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19668 2024-09-12T08:15:38.336879 application/rdf+xml 11375 2024-09-12T08:15:30.253917 image/jpeg 3110 2024-09-12T08:15:30.064931 image/jpeg 1189858 2024-09-12T08:15:29.243953 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog