Subtitled Waffen SS Panzer Battles On the Eastern Front 1943 1945. A detailed account of Waffen SS battles, from the recapture of Kharkov in early 1943, to the last desperate attempt to hold the Red Army from Berlin in 1945 a string of battles that are arguably the finest defensive actions of modern warfare. Highlights include how SS commanders became masters of tank warfare the use of offensive tactics during defensive battles the development of German tank and armoured fighting vehicle technology and the methods that enabled troops to survive ferocious Soviet artillery bombardments....
This book is dedicated to the heroes of the Red Army's XVIII and XXIX Tank Corps, who first engaged II SS Panzer Corps at Prokhorovka in the titanic tank battle on 12 July 1943. For the next two years, brave Soviet tank crews of these two fine units would be in the vanguard of driving Hitler's WaffenSS panzer elite back into the heart of the Third Reich, so freeing Europe of Nazi tyranny for good. The author would like to thank the following people for their help during the researching and writing of this study. Neil Tweedie of The Daily Telegraph, for his unique insights into Nazi mentality; the Imperial War Museum records staff in London for their help with research into German World War II documents; the British Army Staff College, Camberley, for allowing me access to rare German World War II records in their possession; Stewart Frazer for proof-reading my text; Pete Darman, of Brown Partworks, for at last giving me the opportunity to fulfil my long-held ambition to write about the Eastern Front; and finally, Mr McAlpine, my history teacher, for beginning my interest in World War II history.
В книге Тима Рипли представлен широкий обзор формирования и военных кампаний с участием войск ваффен-СС, изначально обеспечивавших стабильность гитлеровского режима внутри страны и боровшихся за расовую чистоту немецкой нации. Исследование посвящено танковым сражениям на Восточном фронте, исход решающих сражений Второй мировой войны....В книге собрано множество раритетных фотографий и множество подробных карт.
Название: Name: Steel Storm: Waffen-SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front 1943-1945
Стальной Шторм - Waffen-SS Бронетанковые Сражения на Восточном фронте 1943-1945
автор: Тим Рипли (Tim Ripley)
Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
ISBN 0-7603-0937-X
Language: английский / english
Format: pdf - RAR
Страниц: 224 pages
Размер: (Size:) 84 MB
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