World War II German Motorized Infantry & Panzergrenadiers
Nigel Thomas author Johnny Shumate illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:20th Apr '17
Should be back in stock very soon
A detailed study of the German army’s elite motorized branch of infantry, crucial to the Blitzkrieg, designed to be inseparable from the Panzers in every front of World War II.
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 unit that came together in the Panzergrenadier branch from the inter-war years through World War II. Using colour plates to display the changes in uniform, equipment and insignia in all theatres of operations throughout the conflict, this is a complete account of Hitler’s elite armoured infantry.
ISBN: 9781472819437
Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 7mm
Weight: 213g
64 pages