UID:
kobvindex_ZBW08051759
Format:
XIV, 182 Seiten
Edition:
Engl. ed.
ISBN:
0854966943
Series Statement:
Studies in military history 1
Content:
The author, historian and forms Swiss Armoured Corps officer, uses unique documents in this book in which he describes tank tactics during the first two years of the Second Word War, a which saw the employment of armour in the Polish, Western and Russian campaigns. After a short history of the tank as a weapon of war, the author studies several tactical aspects such as "Armour on the Offensive", "The Encirclement of the Enemy", "Armour and Infantry" and "Tank against Thank". Hei pays particular attention to the first year of "Operation Barbarossa", using the files of the 2nd Panzer Army whose commander, Guderian, could be described as the "father" of the German armoured force. (AUT)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Historische Darstellung
;
Historische Darstellung
Author information:
Steiger, Rudolf