{"product_id":"steel-guardians-gary-mitchell-9798249352820","title":"Steel Guardians: The Story of Hitler's Tiger Tanks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey arrived as rumours--then as wreckage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA shadow at the treeline. A radio call that tightens every voice. A gun report... and a tank erupts before it can even answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tiger wasn't just a machine. It was a feeling--fear made steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSteel Guardians\u003c\/i\u003e, historian and storyteller \u003cb\u003eGary Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e takes you inside the rise, reign, and ruin of Nazi Germany's most infamous heavy tanks: the \u003cb\u003eTiger I\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003eTiger II (King Tiger)\u003c\/b\u003e. From Hitler's shock when the Soviet \u003cb\u003eT-34\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKV-1\u003c\/b\u003e shattered German certainty, to the brutal proving ground of \u003cb\u003eLeningrad\u003c\/b\u003e, the furnace of \u003cb\u003eKharkov and Kursk\u003c\/b\u003e, the hedgerows of \u003cb\u003eNormandy\u003c\/b\u003e, and the final collapse at \u003cb\u003eArdennes and Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e--this is the complete, cinematic history of the Tigers as they truly lived: powerful, feared, and relentlessly constrained by the one enemy steel can't defeat--\u003cb\u003elogistics\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book goes beyond myths and kill-count legends. It shows how Tigers were \u003cb\u003edesigned\u003c\/b\u003e, how they were \u003cb\u003efought\u003c\/b\u003e, how the Allies learned to \u003cb\u003esolve\u003c\/b\u003e them with method, and why the King Tiger became a masterpiece built inside a burning house. You'll see the Tigers not as \"wonder weapons,\" but as weapons inside a system--fuel, tracks, transmissions, recovery, air power, artillery dominance, and the brutal mathematics of production vs performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you'll discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the Tiger was born\u003c\/b\u003e from Barbarossa's shock--and the rivalry of \u003cb\u003eHenschel vs Porsche\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tiger's \"killer combination\" \u003cb\u003e88mm firepower, armour philosophy, optics, and crew discipline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaptism of fire at Leningrad\u003c\/b\u003e--mud, breakdowns, recovery failures, and the first hard lessons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKharkov to Kursk\u003c\/b\u003e--why Tigers could win fights that didn't win the war\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTiger vs Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e--what the duel really looked like when smoke, artillery, and air power entered the equation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Allied counterstroke\u003c\/b\u003e: Fireflies, IS-2s, air superiority--how fear became method\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBirth of the King Tiger\u003c\/b\u003e--sloped armour, Porsche vs Henschel turrets, and the weight of escalation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNormandy's hedgerow war\u003c\/b\u003e, Villers-Bocage, and the end of the ace myth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEastern Inferno\u003c\/b\u003e--Poland and Hungary under Red Army artillery dominance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollapse and last stands\u003c\/b\u003e--Ardennes, Berlin, and the final ritual of mechanical abandonment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe afterlife: \u003cb\u003ecaptured Tigers\u003c\/b\u003e, US\/Soviet testing, surviving museum giants, and the cold verdict: \u003cb\u003eWas it worth it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you love WWII armour, battlefield narrative, and the hard truth behind \"super-weapons,\" this is your definitive Tiger I \u0026amp; II story--\u003cb\u003ea war of steel, psychology, and systems\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScroll up and grab your copy now.\u003c\/b\u003e The Tiger's legend is famous. The truth is even more explosive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249352820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Gary Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801328038143,"sku":"9798249352820","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/steel-guardians-gary-mitchell-9798249352820","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}