Hitler's Panzers: The Complete History 1933-1945

This authoritative history traces the evolution of the panzers from their modest beginnings to the most powerful German tanks used in World War II.
Often it is assumed that Hitler's panzers stormed into action perfectly formed, driving through the armies of the Poles in 1939 and the French in 1940 and defeating them. The dramatic blitzkrieg victories won by the Wehrmacht early in the Second World War—in which the panzers played a leading role—tend to confirm this impression. But, as Anthony...