Panzer Commanders of the Western Front

副标题: German Tank Generals in World War II (Stackpole Military History Series)

ISBN: 9780811735070

出版社: Stackpole Books

出版年: 2008-07-10

页数: 249

定价: USD 17.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

This work features detailed biographies of 5 panzer commanders. It describes what it's like to lead tank units in battle. This work covers D-Day, Normandy, the campaign for France, the Battle of the Bulge, and the final battles in Germany. Generals like Heinz Guderian have received most of the credit for devising and executing the German blitzkrieg, but without the lower-ranked commanders who led panzer corps, divisions, and regiments, the blitzkrieg that swept through France in 1940 could not have worked. Nor could the Germans have lasted as long as they did against the Allied invasion in Northwest Europe in 1944-45. In this book, based on original research, Samuel W Mitcham Junior profiles five of these panzer generals, chronicling their military careers and focusing on their leadership against the Americans and British in the West.