Published as a companion volume to ACG #14, Camouflage and Markings of
Commonwealth and Greek Armor in the Balkans Campaigns April - May 1941,
this is an authoritative guide to the armor deployed by the Axis in the
Balkans during 1940 and 1941, particularly some of the lesser known
operations. Starting with the Hungarian annexation of North Transylvania
from Romania, it moves through to the Italian invasion of
Greek-controlled Epirus in Albania, and ultimately the Axis attack on
Yugoslavia followed by the German invasion of continental Greece and the
island of Crete.
To put together this book the author has collected a remarkable set of
photographs from public and private archives in Hungary, Italy, Croatia,
Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Australia, the UK and US as well as Germany.
Covering a wide variety of armored vehicles fielded by the Hungarian
Motorized Corps, the Italian 131 Divisione Corazzta "Centauro," five
German Panzer-Divisions and two Sturmgeschütze Abteilungs, this book
includes many rare and never before published photos of early war Axis
armored vehicles, with very detailed captions. Most of these photos
would never see daylight without online markets. It includes: PzKpfw I,
II, III and IV tanks, SdKfz 221, 222 and 231 armored cars, SdKfz 251 and
Sdkfz 253 halftracks, StuG IIIs, Toldi tanks, Csaba armoued cars, M13/40
tanks and L3/33 tankettes. Contains: 72 pages, 142 b&w photos and 25
full color plates of artwork.
