Panzer: The Illustrated History of Germany's Armored Forces in WWII [Hardcover]

Niall Barr (Author), Russell Hart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 1999

A fascinating pictorial record of Germany's armored forces before and during WWII, from the early days of the Panzer arm beginning in 1935, to the spectacular Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-41. Included are images of secret tank training in the 1930s, photos taken by tank crew members on active service including tank battles, plus an authoritative text. The dramatic rise and fall of the Panzers is told through 250 photographs, many of which have never-before been published.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Zenith Press (November 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760307253
• ISBN-13: 978-0760307250
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,687,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good overall review of the panzer'movements in WWII, January 12, 2000

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[e-mail] (Bangkok,Thailand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panzer: The Illustrated History of Germany's Armored Forces in WWII (Hardcover)

This book gives the good explanation of development, utilization and fate of German armors in WWII in each campaign in an easy-to-read way. After completed this book, you will get the more clearer view of the panzer force. The pictures are clear and many of them seem to be seen here for the first time. The one disappointed thing is the rather large amounts of wrong identification of the types of AFVs and weapons in the pictures. The quality of printing and binding are of high standard.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hard To Believe That They Have a Photo Editor, August 27, 2004

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F. Winkler "Taeuss on Panzers" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panzer: The Illustrated History of Germany's Armored Forces in WWII (Hardcover)

I actually own a copy of this book, and while the photos are good, the person or persons unknown are truly among the clueless when the topic of identifying German armour comes up. After only a cursory examination of the book I was absolutely floored at the sheer quantity of photo identification and factual errors that plagues this book. They start on page 2 and continue on with a total of six type-written pages of errors that I caught. Errors like that on pg 94 (bottom) where the unit symbol shown is for the 11th Panzer, and not the 7th as identified, and no, Rommel didn't command this unit in France as it served on the Eastern Front. Bad research couched as fact in print. Or the caption that lists a dimunitive Panzer II "Luchs" as a Panther which weighed twice as much. Or the caption on Pg 155 that lists a halftrack whereas the picture shows a Steyr RSO full-track. Other errors are more subtle but just as wrong: how about the picture on page 139 showing a "Tiger" -which is actually clearly a Panther, or the "Tigers on their way to Kursk" on p 116: problem is that the Tiger on the middle of the two pages is a mid-production that didn't exist in July 1943. How about the purported interior shot of a Tiger on p 170 (top) which is actually a well-known shot of the inside of a sdkfz 253 halftrack! And the list goes on for those inclined to look. The point is that while the book contains many new and unique pictures, the photo-identifiers are often suspect and should be questioned more often than not. I never did get around to reading my copy as I was so stumped by these many glaring mistakes. As such I can't address the accuracy of the text, but I was extremely disappointed by the mistakes I did uncover. I hate to appear overly picky on such matters, but they simply make so many of these mistakes that the book's credibility is suspect by the informed and, unfortunately, will be accepted as fact by those less knowledgable on the matter. That is enough reason for a reprint with significant revisions. 'nuff said.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars nice intro book, October 11, 2003

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mathieu laine (Québec, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panzer: The Illustrated History of Germany's Armored Forces in WWII (Hardcover)

If you are not tired of broad, really broad overviews of armoured warfare, buy this book. The text is light, the photos are very nice,and the overall quality is great. However, anyone who already read a book or two about the "panzerwaffe" won't find anything new here - except for those neat pictures; some of which are amazingly detailled and exciting.