“Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.”
General Erwin Rommel
A fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century.
Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the tank battles and campaigns in the Second World from the Polish Blitzkrieg to Rommel’s final defeat in the African desert, along with commanders, strategy, tactics and technical details.
Chapter 2. THE PANZER DIVISIONS
Chapter 3. SOVIET CO-OPERATION
Chapter 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE TANK FORCE
Chapter 6. THE PANZER DIVISIONS ARE FORMED
Chapter 7. THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Chapter 8. BATTLEFIELD TACTICS
Chapter 12. TOWARDS THE CONFLAGRATION
Chapter 14. PANZERKAMPFWAGEN SD.KFZ.101
Chapter 15. PANZERKAMPFWAGEN II SD.KFZ.121
Chapter 16. TACTICS AND LOGISTICS
Chapter 18. OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 19. MAIN TYPES OF ATTACK
Chapter 20. INFANTRY TANK CO-OPERATION
Chapter 21. ARTILLERY-TANK CO-ORDINATION
Chapter 22. INSIDE THE PANZERS
Chapter 25. GUN AND AMMUNITION NOMENCLATURE
Chapter 26. PANZERKAMPFWAGEN III SD.KFZ.141
Chapter 29. THE COST OF VICTORY
Chapter 30. WITTMANN IN BATTLE
Chapter 31. THE DANGEROUS WORLD
Chapter 32. CAPTURED POLISH ARMOUR
Chapter 33. PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV SD.KFZ.161
Chapter 38. FALL GELB ACTIVATED
Chapter 39. THE COUNTER ATTACK AT ARRAS
Chapter 41. CAPTURED TANKS IN GERMAN HANDS
Chapter 42. CAPTURED FRENCH TANKS
Chapter 43. THE SUMA FLAME-THROWERS
Chapter 44. CAPTURED BRITISH TANKS
Chapter 45. ENTER THE STURMGESCHÜTZ
Chapter 46. WITTMANN MOVES TO THE STURMGESCHÜTZ
Chapter 48. A DANGEROUS DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 50. CAPTURED BRITISH ARMOUR
Chapter 51. PANZERKAMPFWAGEN 35(T)
Chapter 52. PANZERKAMPFWAGEN 38(T) SD. KFZ.140
Chapter 53. ARMOURED VEHICLE NOMENCLATURE
Chapter 54. ESTIMATED GERMAN ARMOURED VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1933-1945
Chapter 55. THE WESTERN DESERT 1941-1942
Chapter 56. DIFFICULT CONDITIONS
Chapter 57. THE DESERT THEATRE
Chapter 58. A WAR OF ATTRITION
Chapter 59. THE GERMAN ADVANTAGE
Chapter 61. CAPTURED BRITISH TANKS
Chapter 64. WITTMANN JOINS THE FRAY
Chapter 65. TOWN AND STREET FIGHTING
Chapter 66. THE ADVANCE CONTINUES
Chapter 68. THE KV-1 IN ACTION
Chapter 69. GERMAN COMMAND TANKS
Chapter 70. CAPTURED RUSSIAN TANKS
Chapter 71. THE STURMGESCHÜTZ IN RUSSIA
Chapter 72. THE FINAL ACT IN THE DESERT
Chapter 73. TIGERS IN THE DESERT
Chapter 74. UPGRADING THE GERMAN ARMOUR
Chapter 75. CAPTURED ALLIED TANKS
Chapter 76. PANZERKAMPFWAGEN VI SD.KFZ. 182