Essential background to the German blitzkrieg of World War II
Complements the stories of panzer aces like Otto Carius and Michael
Wittmann
In the wake of World War I, the German army lay in ruins - defeated in
the war, sundered by domestic upheaval, and punished by the Treaty of
Versailles.
A mere 20 years later, Germany possessed one of the finest military
machines in the world, capable of launching a stunning blitzkrieg attack
against Poland in 1939.
Well-known military historian Robert M. Citino shows how Germany
accomplished this astonishing reversal and developed the doctrine,
tactics, and technologies that its military would use to devastating
effect in World War II.