Search Books

Panzers in the Sand: Vol.1, The History of Panzer-Regiment 5, 1935-41

Author Bernd Hartmann
Publisher Stackpole Books
📄 Viewing lite version Full site ›
🌎 Shop on Amazon — choose country
24.47 32.95 USD
🛒 Buy New on Amazon 🇺🇸 🏷 Buy Used — $12.00

✓ Usually ships in 24 hours

Share:
Book Details
ISBN / ASIN0811707237
ISBN-139780811707237
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank271,634
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

Description

  • Combat history of a renowned German tank regiment in World War II
  • Covers the unit's formation, its campaigns in Poland and France, and its first months with the Afrika Korps
  • Firsthand accounts from tank commanders and crews with hundreds of photographs, many of them not available anywhere else

    In September 1939, the tanks of Panzer-Regiment 5 swept into Poland, a devastating part of the German blitzkrieg that opened World War II with a terrifying display of military force. The following spring, the regiment rumbled across France, again showing the destructive power of the panzer. But the unit's greatest fame would come in the North African desert, where Panzer-Regiment 5 joined Erwin Rommel's vaunted Afrika Korps as it battled the British back and forth beneath the scorching sun of Libya and Egypt.