Panzer Divisions - Eastern front 1941-43
On 22 June 1941 Germany attacked the USSR, opening the front that would bleed the German Army white. The Panzer Divisions fought hard from the outset, with 17 of the 21 divisions deployed on the Eastern Front. The losses of the USSR were appalling - within months almost three million men were dead, and 20,500 tanks and SP guns destroyed. Yet despite efforts to sustain this triumph, Germany's forces would be ground down and defeated within years. This book describes the development of Panzer forces on the Eastern Front - the Germans' armoured doctrine, organization, tactics and command - along with accounts of the campaign's major actions.
Panzer Divisions - Eastern front 1941-43 par Pier Paolo Battistelli
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- Tiotre : Panzer Divisions - Eastern front 1941-43
- Author: Pier Paolo Battistelli
- Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
- ISBN-13: 9781846033384
- Publication date: 10/21/2008
Meet the Author
Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in military history at the University of Padua. A scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout World War II, he works both in Italy and abroad writing titles and essays on military history subjects. A contributor to the Italian Army Historical Office, he is currently revising his PhD thesis, 'The War of the Axis: German and Italian Military Partnership in World War Two, 1939-1943', for publication.