Panzers on the Eastern Front - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853676829 ISBN 13: 9781853676826

Publisher: Greenhill Books, 2005

Synopsis

Written soon after World War II, this work details the tactics of the Germans and their Soviet opponents. It also tells the secrets of panzer tactics. General Erhard Raus was one of the German Army's finest panzer generals and a leading exponent of blitzkrieg in the east. German panzers were witnesses to the incredible onslaught that was the first few months of Barbarossa, then the gradual strengthening of Russian resistance, counterattack and, ultimately, the long and drawn-out German retreat. Raus and his panzers were tested in every conceivable tactical situation and, inevitably, Raus became highly versed in all aspects of mobilised warfare. This account by Erhard Raus, edited by leading Eastern Front expert Peter G. Tsouras, concentrates on German efforts to relieve Stalingrad. Raus, as commander of 6th Panzer Division, was in the thick of this bitter action, urging his panzers forward in a massive effort to break the Soviet strangle-hold. These journals were originally written to brief the US Army at the height of the Cold War.

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About the Author

Peter G. Tsouras was a senior analyst at the US Army National Ground Intelligence Center. His other books include The Great Patriotic War, Gettysburg and (as editor) Fighting in Hell and Anvil of War.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853676829
• ISBN 13: 9781853676826
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254
• Editor: Tsouras Peter G.