Author: Franz Kurowski Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 0811731731 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 485
Book Description
With speed, violence, and deadly power, heavily armored tanks spearheaded the German blitzkrieg that stormed across Europe in 1939. In this reprint of the classic book, prolific author Kurowski tells the action-packed stories of six of the most daring and successful officers ever to command these Panzers.
Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones Publisher: Casemate Publishers ISBN: 1526701650 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
While the Panzer I and II are not as famous as the German tanks produced later in the Second World War, they played a vital role in Hitler's early blitzkrieg campaigns and in the Nazi rearmament program pursued, at first in secret, by the Nazi regime during the 1930s. Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history of their design, development and wartime service is an ideal introduction to them.Both Panzers saw combat during the invasions of Poland and France, the Low Countries and Scandinavia during 1939-40. Although by the time the Wehrmacht invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Panzer I had been virtually phased out of service, in the form of self-propelled guns they continued to see combat well into 1943. The Panzer II was also phased out with the panzer regiments in late 1943, yet it remained in action on secondary fronts and, as the self-propelled Marder II antitank gun and Wespe artillery variant, it saw active service with the panzer and panzer grenadier divisions until the end of the war. The Panzer I and II were the precursors of the formidable range of medium and heavy tanks that followed the Panzer III and IV and the Panther and Tiger and this book is a fascinating record of them.
Author: Robert Jackson Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1526711265 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 186
Book Description
The Panzer I and II played a significant part in the blitzkrieg campaigns that brought Germany such extraordinary success in the early years of the Second World War, and this highly illustrated volume in the TankCraft series is the ideal introduction to them.The Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to manufacture tanks so the Panzer I had to be developed in strict secrecy, but by the time of the invasion of Poland the Wehrmacht had over 1400 of these light tanks. The Panzer II was an interim design, bridging the gap between the Panzer I and subsequent, far more viable armored fighting vehicles like the Panzer III and IV.As well as tracing the history of the Panzer I and II, Robert Jackson's book is an excellent source of reference for the modeler, providing details of available kits, together with artworks showing the color schemes applied to these tanks. Each section of the book is supported by a wealth of wartime photographs as well as diagrams showing the technical changes that were made to these tanks in the course of their careers.
Author: Lucas Molina Franco Publisher: AF Editores ISBN: 9788487314438 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
This book is part a of new series coming to us from AF Editions in Spain. Published last year in Spanish, they are now appearing for the first time in English. The book features a comprehensive narrative text and a combination of exceptionally high quality 4 color black and white photos accompanied by spectacular full color profiles of each of the tanks-all custom created for these books. AF Editions have pioneered a system for producing profiles which produce a unique texture rich look and a level of detail that is unprecedented. This series and the books will be of great interest to all WWII enthusiasts and to modelers in particular. REVIEWS "As an introduction to the Panzer I and its variants, this title fulfils its role admirably... for those of us primarily modelers ..., it offers a broad sweep of information sufficient to model in detail any of the Panzer I variants. Recommended."Military Modeling.com, 01/2008 .,."very well rendered... will prove useful to modelers... certainly worth the asking price... the color plates are overall very appealing ..."Missing Lynx, 06/2008
Author: Walter J. Spielberger Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited ISBN: 9780764326240 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
This book in the series described the technical and tactical development of these light tanks - from the Reichswehr years to the World War II campaigns in Poland, France and Russia.
Author: Lee Archer Publisher: In Focus ISBN: 9781908032164 Category : History Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
This 392-page book is lavishly illustrated with 360 mostly unpublished photographs that take the reader from the retreat at Seelow to collecting wrecks from central Berlin. Years of painstaking research and a network of like-minded researchers from across the globe have enabled the authors to piece together the who, where and why, including lists o
Author: Craig Moore Publisher: ISBN: 9781781558041 Category : Languages : en Pages : 112
Book Description
This sounds a strange title for a book, but currently, there are five surviving German Panther tanks in America. This book examines the restored Panther tank at the American Heritage Museum, Hudson, MA and the four held by the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection, Fort Benning, GA, including the Panther II.
Author: Thomas L. Jentz Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited ISBN: 9780887409158 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
In September of 1939, the world was astounded by Germany's ability to defeat Poland in less than a month. With the world still puzzled by the suddenness of this event, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and France fell in rapid succession to the German onslaught, leaving Britain in shock. Greece and Yugoslavia were rapidly over-run during April of 1941, while German-Italian forces advanced rapidly in North Africa. Russia's turn was next, when German forces began pulverizing their forces in June of 1941. How had Germany achieved victory after victory, often against numerically superior enemy forces? The answer came in two words-Panzer and Blitzkrieg. When and how had Germany built its Panzer forces and trained them for the Blitzkrieg? When was each Panzer unit formed? What was their organization? Why were Panzer units disbursed among the Panzer-Divisions. leichte Divisions, and Armee-Korps? When were the various types of Panzers developed? What were their armament, armor protection, capability? How many of each type were produced? What tactics did they use? How successful were they in combat? This is the only book that provides detailed answers to these and other questions related to how German tankers fought in World War II. Tom Jentz found the answers to these questions bu digging through original records for the past tweny-five years. The content os this book is derived solely from these original records consisting of war diaries, reports, and technical and tactical manuals written during the war. The story is told as recorded by those responsible for decisions in developing the Panzertruppen and by those who fought in the Panzers. As work on this book progressed it became apparent that the story of the Panzertruppen was divided into two distinctly separate phases; offensive and defensive. This first volume presents the offensive phase up to October 1942. A second volume is planned that will cover the defensive phase to the end of the war. Tom Jentz is also the author of Germany's Panther Tank: The Quest of Combat Supremacy(available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).
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