{"product_id":"tiger-131-bruce-oliver-newsome-9781951171278","title":"Tiger 131: The Epic Battle for Gueriat Ridge, Tunisia, 23-24 April 1943","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eforgotten battle \u003c\/strong\u003efor Gueriat el Atach, Tunisia, 23-24 April 1943, is much \u003cstrong\u003egreater in scale, space, and forces - and heroism \u003c\/strong\u003e- than would be suggested by the well-worn photographs of Tiger 131, sitting alone on a hill top, after capture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTiger 131 \u003c\/strong\u003eof the 504th Heavy Tank Battalion was the \u003cstrong\u003efirst running Tiger \u003c\/strong\u003eto be exploited by Western intelligence, and is the only Tiger running today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts capture in late April 1943, on Gueriat Ridge, was the climax to more than \u003cstrong\u003efour months of fighting \u003c\/strong\u003ebetween German Tiger tanks and Western Allied forces in Tunisia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Tiger 131's provenance came to be lost in a false claim that Tiger 131 is the same Tiger that had been found abandoned below Djebel Djaffa two days earlier (Tiger 712).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the discourse obsessed with the where and when, \u003cstrong\u003eeverybody forgot to investigate the battles \u003c\/strong\u003eon and around Gueriat Ridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy \u003cstrong\u003eground-breaking research\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the archives to the battlefields, shows that Tiger 131 likely fought alone, for two days, against parts of \u003cstrong\u003efour battalions of tanks and six battalions of infantry\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach day, it faced about 50 Churchill tanks. It was an impressive performance. It deserves to be remembered as one of \u003cstrong\u003ethe greatest defenses by a single tank\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the evidence and theories, and \u003cstrong\u003ereconstructs the fights\u003c\/strong\u003e, using exhaustive forensic examination of Tiger 131 itself, the archives, and the battlefields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures annotated \u003cstrong\u003eTHEN-AND-NOW \u003c\/strong\u003ephotographs of the battlefields and of Tiger 131.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Oliver Newsome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951171276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951171278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tank Archives Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Bruce Oliver Newsome","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47420092776703,"sku":"9781951171278","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4422436e-5ef0-4724-b73f-a8c2171a6bee.jpg?v=1761525744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tiger-131-bruce-oliver-newsome-9781951171278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}