Steel Fist: Tank Warfare 1939a1945

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"If the tanks succeed, then victory follows." --General Heinz Guderian, 1937

After seeing the success of the British tanks in the First World War, the Germans decided that the future of warfare lay in the Panzerkampfwagen, the armored fighting vehicle, later simply known as the Panzer. In time, the Panzer Corps would become the German army's new vanguard, an essential component of the new style of war that came to be known as Blitzkrieg--or "lightning war."

Steel Fist looks at the development of the Panzer, the key players in its conception, as well as the building and deployment of the Corps through the eyes of those who fought it. It tells the story of how the Panzers formed the spearhead of the world's most efficient military machine, and how they were ultimately defeated.

Author Bio

Nigel Cawthorne is the author of over 200 books, from serious political works such as The Iron Cage to lightweight comic romps such as Sex Lives of the Popes. His book, Sex Lives of the Presidents, parlayed him a segment on The Joan Rivers Show. He was hauled in front of a Senate Select Committee for The Bamboo Cage. So there is plenty for everyone to enjoy.