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6th Panzer Division, 1937-45, The

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Vanguard

Last Stocked on 2/5/2023

Product Info

Title
6th Panzer Division, 1937-45, The
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Oberst a.D. Helmut Ritgen
Publish Year
1982
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147975391
MFG. Part #
OSPVAN028
Type
Softcover
Series
VAN28

Description

Text by Oberst a.D. Helmut Ritgen with original wartime photographs by the author. This well-informed account of the 6th Panzer Division is especially useful because the author fought with the 11th Panzer Regiment. It documents the inception, formation and structure of the division and chronologically follows its progress throughout the war. The text is supported by color photographs taken by the author during World War II and offers a detailed examination of life in the Panzers whilst simultaneously documenting their relentless progress. Feared by Allied infantrymen and devastating in their swift prosecution of the early war the Panzers were the modern German fighting men; well equipped, superbly motivated and unstoppably successful. Until the Allies were able to consolidate their troops, re-engineer their equipment and redraw their tactics the Panzers dominated Europe with a thunderous conquering power.