Hitler's Great Panzer Heist: Germany's Foreign Armor in Action, 1939-45 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780811703635)

The prowess of the German panzers is the stuff of legend, but it is not generally known that Hitler stole thousands of British, Czech, French, Italian, Polish, and Soviet tanks and armored fighting vehicles to feed his war machine. At its height, more than 25 percent of the German tank force was of foreign origin. In this fascinating and meticulously researched investigation, Anthony Tucker-Jones tells this hitherto unrecorded story, describing how captured fighting vehicles were reused by the German military throughout World War II.

Previously untold story of armored vehicles in World War II

Explains how foreign tanks made the German blitzkrieg of 1939-41 possible and were used in battles like Kursk, the Bulge, and many others

Covers tanks, self-propelled guns, assault guns, armored cars, and personnel carriers

Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones
ISBN-10: 0811703630
ISBN-13: 9780811703635
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2008
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.34w x 0.89d