- Detailed biographies of 5 panzer commanders - Describes what it's
like to lead tank units in battle - Includes D-Day, Normandy, the
campaign for France, the Battle of the Bulge, and the final battles in
Germany Generals like Heinz Guderian have received most of the credit
for devising and executing the German blitzkrieg, but without the
lower-ranked commanders who led panzer corps, divisions, and regiments,
the blitzkrieg that swept through France in 1940 could not have worked.
Nor could the Germans have lasted as long as they did against the Allied
invasion in Northwest Europe in 1944?45. In this book, based on original
research, Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. profiles five of these panzer generals,
chronicling their military careers and focusing on their leadership
against the Americans and British in the West.