The Tanks of Tammuz

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Shabtai Teveth is one of Israel's more distinguished and well-known authors of the 1960's and 1970's. He has authored numerous books about the events occurring in the Middle East.

This is his seminal work recounting the events of the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) armored unit that he accompanied during the 1967 Six Day War. His accounts of the armored combat and land warfare that occurred are absolutely gripping. Reading is book is almost like experiencing tanks bogging down in sand, firing main gun rounds, and being hit critically and set aflame. The many first-hand accounts are very detailed and set inbetween the events of the war that occurred.

There a very few books that recount the history of the armored corps in Israel as well as "The Tanks of Tammuz." Most later books on armored warfare during the 1967 war quote Teveth. For example, I have half a dozen US military documents about the Arab-Israeli conflict from my military days and every one of them quotes Teveth.

I highly recommend "The Tanks of Tammuz" for anyone wanting to know more about the land warfare that went on during the 1967 Six Day War and the history and development of the Israeli forces that resoundingly won the war on the military battlefield.