This first installment in a new series chronicles the World War II battles that created the legend of the Panzer armored tanks. Based on extensive research, these gripping narratives of D-Day at Normandy, the campaigns in Italy, the ferocious battle at Kursk--the greatest armored battle in the history of war--and many other engagements detail how this tank changed the face of warfare.
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This first installment in a new series chronicles the World War II battles that created the legend of the Panzer armored tanks. Based on extensive research, these gripping narratives of D-Day at Normandy, the campaigns in Italy, the ferocious battle at Kursk--the greatest armored battle in the history of war--and many other engagements detail how this tank changed the face of warfare.
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Good. [6], 506 pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Index. Some cover wear. Somewhat curved. This includes chapters on Franz Bake, Hermann Bix, Rudolf von Ribbentrop, Hans Bolter, Michael Wittmann, Albert Ernst. Franz Kurowski (November 17, 1923 May 28, 2011) was a German author who specialized in World War II topics. He is best known for producing the popular English-language series Panzer Aces and Infantry Aces. Kurowski's first publications appeared in the Nazi era; from 1958 until his death he worked as a freelance writer. He wrote 400 books under his own name and various pseudonyms. Kurowski wrote, among other things, for the weekly pulp war stories series Der Landser. Kurowski produced numerous accounts featuring the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS, providing laudatory and non-peer reviewed wartime chronicles of military units and highly decorated personnel. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and ignited World War II with a revolutionary fighting force that would forever change the face of war. The key to blitzkrieg-"lightning war"-was large scale deployment of Panzers, German armored tanks. Aided by the tremendous air power of deadly screaming Stukas, Panzer battalions attacked swiftly, violently, smashing through enemy lines, destroying supplies and artillery positions, and shattering the enemy's will to resist. The sheer scale of rapid-fire victories amazed the world and elevated the tank soldiers to an almost mythical status. Panzer Aces chronicles the battles of six decorated officers who helped create the legend. Based on extensive research, these gripping narratives of D day at Normandy, the bloody campaigns in Italy, the ferocious combat at Kursk-the greatest armored battle in the history of war-and many others offer resounding evidence of how the armored tank, in German hands, became the twentieth century's single most important development in land fighting.
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Fine. Book. Folio-over 12-15" tall. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout. Clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat and virtually as new.
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Like New. Size: 11x10x0; Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Small chip to corner. Clean, unmarked pages. v, 265 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 31 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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