Panzer-Division 1935-1945: (2) The Eastern Front 1941-1943

This book covers the German assault on Russia in June 1941 up till end of 1943, after the Battle of Kursk. As usual, the author Robert Michulec traveled around Europe, went through archives and private collections and brings us many unpublished photos.

This book starts off with the invasion of Russia, and then quickly moves on to Operation Typhoon, the assault on Moscow. The bitter Russian winter of 1941-42 caught the ill prepared Germans off guard. Spring came and the muddy Russian road system gave the panzers a lot of headaches. In 1942, the German panzers continue the advance to the Caucasus and the Russian steppes. The battle for Stalingrad was well covered in the book, and the Tigers and Panthers started to appear in the Eastern Front in 1942. The Battle of Kursk was the turning point for the Germans, and many photos are devoted to the great tanks that participated in this battle, such as Tiger, Pz.IV, Marder III, Wespe.

Robert Michulec
72 pages, 174 b/w photos, 16 color plates Softcover
Concord Publications.