Panzer Battles

Name: Panzer Battles
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ISBN: 9781862274594

ISBN-10: 1862274592

ISBN-13: 9781862274594

Edition: N/A

Authors: F. W. Von Mellenthin

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Born in 1904, von Mellenthin joined the Seventh Cavalry Regiment in 1924. In 1935, he began his general staff training and in 1939 was an intelligence officer. By the end of the war, he had risen in rank to Major General and was Chief of General Staff, Fifth Panzer Army, on the Western Front. Active in the Polish campaign of 1939, the conquest of France, the Balkans, the desert with Rommel, as well as in Russia, at Stalingrad, and Kursk, he was in a unique position to writePanzer Battles, having been present at every major panzer campaign. In 1944, he was moved to the Western Front under Field Marshall von Rundstedt. Captured in 1945 by the Americans, he moved to South Africa after the war…

Book details

Publisher: History Press Limited, The
Publication date: 2/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880



Preface


Introduction



Poland, France, and the Balkans


The Polish campaign


The conquest of France


The Balkan campaign



The Western Desert


At Rommel's headquarters


Sidi Rezegh


Rommel's defeat and recovery


The Gazala battles


Tobruk to Alamein


Farewell to Africa



Russia


Introduction to Russia


'And quiet flows the Don'


Disaster at Stalingrad


Manstein's great achievement


The battle of Kursk


Back to the Dnieper


The Kiev salient


The withdrawal from the Ukraine


The defence of Poland


The Red Army



Campaign in the West


Crisis in the West


The struggle in Alsace-Lorraine


The final battles


In retrospect


Conclusion


Appointments held by the Author


Notes