Panzers at War

Ian Allan. Very Good/Very Good. 1978. Hard Cover. 4to. Dimensions: 30 x 22.2 x 2.2 cm 0711007764 Dust jacket complete except price clipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Maps. Numerous photographs.160 pages clean and tight. Teamwork, determination and the confident application of the mailed fist of concentrated panzers wreaked havoc amongst the Allied tank forces first in Poland then in France. The panzer divisions went on to spearhead an attack on Russia that tore the guts out of the Red Army; they were to bring the British in North Africa to the point of defeat; and they were able, even in the final stages of the war, to give the mighty American armies a very severe shock during the Battle of the Bulge. In attack well-nigh invincible, in defence stubborn and determined, the German panzers virtually dominated the course of the land battle in World War II. Panzers at War shows what it was like to serve in a panzer division, in all theatres of the war - in sun and snow, desert and steppe. It traces the development of German front-line armour from the under-gunned PzKpfw II to the fearsome Tiger--a tank that could take on a squadron of Shermans single-handed. It does so with over 170 illustrations, few of which have been published outside Germany. This is a book for all those who would understand the grim realities of blitzkrieg, .