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Elite Panzer Strike Force: Germany's Panzer Lehr Division in World War II - Couverture rigide

Kurowski, Franz

 
9780811701587: Elite Panzer Strike Force: Germany's Panzer Lehr Division in World War II
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0811701581 ISBN 13 : 9780811701587
Editeur : Stackpole Books, 2011

Synopsis

The Panzer Lehr Division, a German armoured division during World War II, was one of the most Elite units in the entire German Wehrmacht Heer. It was formed in 1943 from various units of elite training and demonstration troops stationed in Germany, to provide additional armoured strength for resisting the anticipated Allied invasion of western Europe. Its great weakness was that it concentrated the cream of Germany's tank commanders and instructors in a single unit. Due to its elite status it was lavishly equipped in comparison to the ordinary Panzer divisions, though on several occasions it fought almost to destruction, in particular during Operation Cobra.For the first time in English, this book follows the division from Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge to the end of the war, showing how Germans fought Americans at St. Lô and Bastogne.Written in Kurowski's trademark you-are-there style, this includes numerous firsthand accounts based on interviews with veterans.

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À propos de l'auteur

Franz Kurowski served as a reporter in the German Army during World War II and has since written over one hundred books. He lives in Germany.

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Éditeur
Stackpole Books
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0811701581
ISBN 13 
9780811701587
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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