Panzer Tactics: Tank Operations in the East, 1941-42 [Hardcover]

A detailed analysis of raids and advances taken by panzer units on the Eastern Front in 194142.This book discusses a number of operations undertaken by the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps in the direction of the Black Sea in 1941 and 42. It explores the tactics used and why they were successful, based upon the detailed combat reports prepared by the corps staff immediately after each battle.Die Wehrmacht im Kampf is a series published in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Written by ex-members of the German army in WWII, it provides important information not available elsewhere on the German armys perspective of many crucial campaigns and battles. None of the volumes have previously been available in English. Each volume has a modern introduction by Professor Matthias Strohn, expert on the German army.This book discusses a number of operations undertaken by the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps in the direction of the Black Sea in 1941 and 42.Die Wehrmacht im Kampf Battles and Problems of the Second World War is a series originally edited by Hermann Teske and published in German in the 1950s and 1960s. Written by former members of the German Army in World War II, it provides valuable and historically significant information on the perspective of the German Army of many crucial campaigns and battles. Now being published in English for the first time, each volume has a modern introduction by Matthias Strohn, a lecturer at Sandhurst and the University of Buckingham and an expert on the German Army.Detailed analysis of raids and advances taken by panzer units on the Eastern Front in 194142.Written by a highly decorated tank commander involved in these operations.Modern introduction by series editor and German army expert Matthias Strohn. This is a great work on a small slice of operations on the Eastern Front during the first two years of the war. ...the author is able to both instruct and mentor the reader on elements of operations that only one who has experienced the cauldron and stresló)