The Panther V evidenced a number of problems in combat. However, despite its disappointing battlefield debut, the Panther is frequently hailed as the best all round tank of the war. This study draws on a wide variety of combat reports and primary sources to produce the definitive single volume overview of a legendary fighting machine.
The Sturmgeschütz rumbling forward into action is one of the iconic images of World War II. As mobile assault guns, the StuGs were essentially designed as infantry support weapons, but they also proved...
This photographic journal was originally published in the spring of 1941. It was edited by and carried a forward by Hauptsturmführer Gunter d'Alquen, commander of the SS Propaganda Kompanie and editor...
This unique collection of contemporary combat accounts provides a primary source insight into the reality of artillery operations on the Eastern Front. Mobile, rail and towed artillery are all considered. This book draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler’s Wehrmacht.
“The steel coffins” was the name given to the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine by their own crews. It is estimated that seventy-five per cent of the 39,000 men who sailed in the U-boat fleet paid the ultimate price. This is the illustrated history of the U-boat war from the perspective of the men who sailed into battle in the service of the Third Reich.
The first vehicle to be produced in any numbers for the Panzerwaffe was the tiny Panzer I known as the MG Panzerwagen. Almost from the outset the limitations of the design for the Panzer I were obvious. It was essentially a training vehicle, which was only pressed into service as a last resort. It was to be succeeded by the Panzer II, which could a
The Panzer III was designed to be the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. However, due to its deficient armament and poor armor, and despite its outstanding reliability, it was obsolete by 1942. Bob Carruthers compiled this comprehensive overview of the Panzer III in action. It draws heavily on wartime intelligence reports
During the Second World War Tiger tank crews had to be trained as quickly and effectively as possible. To assist in this process General Heinz Guderian authorized the publication of the Tigerfibel, the illustrated manual that was issued to Tiger I crews from 1943 onwards. This highly unorthodox publication was full of risqué drawings and humorous i
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