Blitzkrieg
Subtitle: Hitler's masterplan for the conquest of Europe
By: Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher: Arcturus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781848584570; 9781848586628
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Military campaigns
Description: When Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, nothing like it had ever been seen before. Heralded by the insidious whine of Stuka dive-bombers, seven divisions of Panzers rolled across the border supported by motorized infantry. While tanks were punching gaping holes through Polish lines and racing on at speed towards Warsaw, defenseless refugees were machine-gunned by the Luftwaffe and lines of communication torn to ribbons as mayhem spread. This was Blitzkrieg (or 'lightning war'), the art of mechanized warfare. This book looks at the development of the Panzer concept, and the building and deployment of the Corps through the eyes of those who fought in it, and of those who fought against it. It tells the story of the singular breed of men who formed the spearhead of the world's most ruthless and efficient military machine, and how they ultimately came to be defeated.--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 205) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The plains of Poland; title: Tanks and tank tactics; title: The making of the corps; title: The end of the phoney war; title: Into the desert; title: Operation Barbarossa: The panzers turn east; title: Soviet superiority; title: Tigers in Normandy; title: Lasr gasp in the ardennes; title: Panzer kaput; title: Afterword; title: Futher reading; title: Index; title: picture credits.