Panzer. Tank Warfare 1939 - 45

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: Reprint

Description: 240 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. Steel Fist Looks At The Development Of The Panzer Concept, And The Building And Deployment Of The Corps Through The Eyes Of Those Who Fought Against It.

Publishers Description: If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.General Heinz Guderian, 1937After seeing the success of the British tanks in the First World War, the Germans decided that the future of warfare lay in the Panzerkampfwagen, the armoured fighting vehicle, later simply known as the Panzer. In time, the Panzer Corps would become the German armys new vanguard, an essential component “If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.”General Heinz Guderian, 1937After seeing the success of the British tanks in the First World War, the Germans decided that the future of warfare lay in the Panzerkampfwagen, the armoured fighting vehicle, later simply known as the Panzer. In time, the Panzer Corps would become the German army’s new vanguard, an essential component of the new style of war that came to be known as Blitzkrieg – ‘lightning war’.Steel Fist looks at the development of the Panzer concept, and the building and deployment of the Corps through the eyes of those who fought it. It tells the story of how the Panzers formed the spearhead of the world’s most efficient military machine, and how they were ultimately defeated. ...more

ISBN: 9781841931531