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Panzer-Divisions at War, 1939–1945 (Images of War) Kindle Edition

by Ian Baxter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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From the beginning in 1935 this attractive book describes the different elements that went into the Panzer-Divisions. It describes how the Germans carefully built up their assault forces utilizing all available reserves and resources into making an effective fighting machine. It depicts how these awesome formations grew to be used four years later in war, and provides much historical information and facts about the vehicles and its components that fought in all the campaigns of the war from the early victorious Blitzkrieg in Poland and France to the last ditch defense in Germany in 1945. Each chapter features unseen photographs of light tanks, main battle tanks, assault guns, anti-tank destroyers, artillery, reconnaissance units, support vehicles, pioneers with their bridge building platforms and the motorized infantry or Panzergrenadiers.This book is a visual treat for the military enthusiast and collector and a worthy addition to the Images of War series.
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    331 pages
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    Pen & Sword Military
  6. Publication date
    November 6, 2006
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About the Author

Ian Baxter is an avid collector of WW2 photographs. His previous books in this Series include Hitler’s Boy Soldiers, Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants and German Army on the Eastern Front – The Advance, German Army on the Eastern Front – The Retreat and Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants, The Crushing of Army Group (North) and the SS Waffen Division series including SS Leibstandarte Division and SS Totenkopf Division At War. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CBJXYMO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military (November 6, 2006)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 6, 2006
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 16461 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 331 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Randolph Rossi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Photos of German Armored Equipment During WWII
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2021
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The photos told most of the story of the Panzer Divisions successes and ultimate failures. They failed in the East due to the overwhelming amount of men and materials of the Red Army. The failure in the West was due to superiority of the allied air forces.
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Mr. Truthteller
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Photographic Summary of Panzer Troops at War
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2007
Panzer Divisions at War is a remarkable photographic history.

The book contains over 250 never before published photos that encompass all stages of Germany's panzer divisions, from their inception in the 1930s to their virtual destruction in 1945. The photos appear to be taken primarily by amateur photographers and, with a few exceptions, do not appear to be staged for propaganda purposes. The photos were reproduced digitally, apparently because negatives in many instances were not available, but the author claims they were not enhanced in any way. Most of the photos are nonetheless crisp and clear. All are in black and white. (Panzer divisional insignia, drawn in black and white (or shades of gray), also provided in an appendix.)

Included are chapters on the major campaigns: Poland, France, the Balkans, Barbarossa, Afrika, the Eastern Front, Normandy, and the fall of Berlin. Each chapter includes a 2-3 page well-written summary of the action in the campaign, emphasizing the role of the panzer divisions and the numbers and types of tanks and other vehicles involved from start to finish. Each summary is followed by 15-20 pages of photos, with a paragraph of explanatory text for each photo.

The photos include rare snapshots of several late model German tanks, tank killers, and the like, e.g., the Panther, the Elefant, Hummel SPG, and the Nashorn tank destroyer. But the photos are not just of tanks, etc. Also included are photos of the many other types of vehicles and weapons used in support of the panzer divisions, such as half-tracks, motorcycles, and artillery, as well as of panzer troops themselves, but the book is not all-inclusive either.

One drawback is that the book does not include an appendix explaining the short-hand names (and meanings) of the many tanks and other armored units and listing the capabilities and armament of each vehicle. (There are also no maps or index but I would not consider that a drawback for this book.)

All in all, though, an interesting photo-study of the panzer divisions at a reasonable price.
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chcjrbone
3.0 out of 5 stars Better than some, still some problems
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013
I have criticized Ian Baxter's titles in the "Images of War" series for three things: the text doesn't follow the theme of the book, the captions under the photos are redundant, and the grammar and spelling need work. See my amazon review of his atrocious "Hitler's Headquarters" book for a good example of a large number of all three problems. I have praised the many exclusive photos his books present.

The "Panzer Divisions at War" title avoids the first problem: the text stays on topic. The captions are somewhat informative. But oh my, the spelling and grammar continue to give us fits! He uses it's when it should be its; panther's (twice) when it should be panthers; "try and" when "try to" is correct; Tiger IV when he meant to say Tiger VI; and he misspells Byelorussian. Mr. Baxter, or someone at Pen & Sword Books, if you're reading these reviews, please, please hire an editor or at least a proofreader.

I give this book three stars for the excellent photos and fewer errors than some of his other books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2016
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great book!
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Benjamin L Dickson
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2016
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good photos
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W. A. Van Bergh
3.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures, but sloppy and inaccurate foto descriptions
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2009
This is a book that has a lot of pictures in it that I haven't seen before, despite having a substantive German WW2 armour book collection. The pictures are from all the years of the war. That's where the problems arise. The author seems pretty good at describing later war vehicles, but he makes too many mistakes when it comes to identifying earlier vehicles. For example, he repeatedly describes a turreted 8 wheeled SdKfz. 232 armoured car as a SdKfz. 263 command vehicle, which also has 8 wheels, but which has a fixed upper structure and no turret.

Also, the author's description of many pictures makes little sense. A Hummel (Panzer IV undercarriage) self propelled gun that is hanging on its rear end against a tree at the bottom of a 60 degree slope is captioned as a "Wespe" (Panzer II undercarriage) moving in position during operation Zitadelle, despite the fact that a vehicle like that can't move in that position and despite the pile of rubble that is hanging out of the back and lying below the rear end of the vehicle.

Another example is the picture of a 12 ton halftrack of which the rear is not visible in the picture. The author makes up a whole story about the famous 88mm FlAK gun, while it might as well be an artillery piece that is towed behind this particular halftrack!

The really interesting details, such as the Panzer crews painting the inside of their white German crosses yellow, as can be seen in a few pictures, to make them less obvious aiming points for the Polish gunners, are simply forgotten. instead he says something about the pictures being from the first days of the Polish campaign. Unfortunately for him that practice of painting the inside of the white crosses yellow was only happening later in the Polish campaign!

Describing a disabled Jagdpanzer IV with a 75mm L48 (short) gun as having a 75mm L70 gun is less obvious, but just as annoying to better informed readers.

So it's an interesting book for the rare pictures, if you don't feel too frustrated by the often nonsensical caption and the sometimes grave errors that accompany those pictures. It's not a really useful book for those with little knowledge about German 2nd World War armour, because all the misidentification and incorrect captions can be very confusing.
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JAGJ
2.0 out of 5 stars Bueno, pero mejorable
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2007
Efectivamente. Buenas e inéditas fotografías, aunque ciertamente no todas lo son. Pero donde flojea bastante ésta colección de fotografías es en los pies de las mismas, donde hay errores evidentes y donde la escasez de las explicaciones hace que en ocasiones haya que imaginarse los contenidos. Realmente no mereció la espera. Un saludo. JAGJ.
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randy c
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2018
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very good
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Empe
5.0 out of 5 stars Eccellente serie
Reviewed in Italy on October 10, 2016
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Sintetica come testi ma ricca di immagini, spesso inedite. Acquistata in formato kindle scontatissima (meno di 1,5 euro). Se siete appassionati dell'argomento e avete un tablet grande (per zoomare le foto) è un eccellente acquisto
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MR J P BLACKWELL
5.0 out of 5 stars Good information resource
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2016
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Have not yet finished this yet, but so far the info provided in this book is snappy to the point and dosent get bogged down with over explanation of time and events, gives a good all round view of these fighting forces. Plenty of pictures in this too many of which I have never seen before. An excellent resource for perhaps the wargamer or the modeller.
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Spenn
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Descriptive
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2021
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This book follows the story of the panzer division's from the beginning to the end, it is really well laid out with images never seen before in previous books I hope the rest of the series of books 📚 are as good as this one.
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T. Joyce
3.0 out of 5 stars Get if for the pictures.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016
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The images are fine, but the text contains such basic errors as there being 36 panzer divisions involved in 'Barbarossa', incorrect Orders of battle for several of the panzergruppen and so on. Which means that any new facts uncovered have to be taken with a pinch of salt.
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