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Beschreibung

In World War II Germany's doctrine of mobile warfare dominated the battlefield. By trial and error, the Germans were the first to correctly combine the strength in tanks and in mobile infantry and artillery. This integration of mobile units, equipment, and tactics underpinned Germany's successes in the first half of the war. As the war dragged on, the Allies sought to copy German tactics but German armies remained supreme in this type of warfare until their losses had seriously degraded their capabilities.

This study traces the development of the different types of units that came together in the Panzergrenadier branch from the interwar years through World War II. Using color photographs to display the changes in uniform, equipment, and insignia in all theaters of operations throughout the conflict, this is a complete account of Hitler's elite armored infantry.

In World War II Germany's doctrine of mobile warfare dominated the battlefield. By trial and error, the Germans were the first to correctly combine the strength in tanks and in mobile infantry and artillery. This integration of mobile units, equipment, and tactics underpinned Germany's successes in the first half of the war. As the war dragged on, the Allies sought to copy German tactics but German armies remained supreme in this type of warfare until their losses had seriously degraded their capabilities.

This study traces the development of the different types of units that came together in the Panzergrenadier branch from the interwar years through World War II. Using color photographs to display the changes in uniform, equipment, and insignia in all theaters of operations throughout the conflict, this is a complete account of Hitler's elite armored infantry.

Über den Autor

Dr Nigel Thomas is a linguist and military historian, was formerly a principal lecturer at Northumbria University, and is now a freelance military author, translator, and military uniform consultant. He was awarded a Ph.D. on the Eastern enlargement of NATO.

Johnny Shumate
works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University.

Zusammenfassung
An in-depth study of Hitler's elite armoured infantry branch, that were vital to the German Blitzkrieg tactics that overran Europe in the early years of the war, supported by detailed charts of organization and contemporary photographs.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472819437
ISBN-10: 1472819438
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thomas, Nigel
Illustrator: Shumate, Johnny
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 249 x 182 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Nigel Thomas
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.04.2017
Gewicht: 0,212 kg
Artikel-ID: 103813029