"A guide to the one-hundred-year history of the tank, including the evolution of its designs and the major battles in which it has been used from World War I to today"-- Provided by publisher.

This is a rarely detailed, "you are there" account of World War II combat, describing a brief but bloody tank/infantry action in August 1944. Based on six years of research-drawing from interviews, primary documents, and visits to the battlefield-The Day of the Panzer transports the reader into the ranks of L Company, 15th Regiment, Third Infantry Division, and its supporting M4s of the 756th Tank Battalion as they grapple head-on with the Wehrmacht. On...

Osprey's examination of Japan's tank figting tactics during World War II (1939-1945). In this book expert author and tactician Gordon L Rottman provides the first English-language study of Japanese Army and Navy tank units, their tactics and how they were deployed in action. The Japanese army made extensive use of its tanks in the campaigns in China in the 1930s, and it was in these early successes that the Japanese began to develop their own unique...

"When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner's seat of his Sherman tank, he discovers hidden talent: He's a natural-born shooter. At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored Division--"Spearhead"--thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the murderous German Panther and a pattern soon emerged: The lead tank always gets hit. After Clarence sees his friends cut down at the West Wall and in the Battle of the Bulge,...

"A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose, the World War II tank commander whose 3rd Armored Division struck fear into the hearts of Hitler's panzer crews"-- Provided by publisher

A background to Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. This battle on the Russian front led to the biggest, bloodiest battle ever fought, costing the lives of at least 20 million people and ending Europe's dominiance in world affars. In sheer numbers, miles of front, and quantity of guns, shells, and tanks, no other battle in history can compare with it. Codenamed "Operation Barbarossa" by the German Army, the footage shown has been...