My first impression of this title was that it was rather misleading as the first few chapters weren’t strictly related to the Panzer divisions in Russia, but more focused on the communications and command structure instead of the actual tanks and the men that fought in them.

However, the deeper you delve; the more you understand the author is actually attempting to order together the numerous personal accounts that largely make up this work, into some form of loose chronological and technical order.

What can’t be disputed is that this book is filled with uncompromising directly translated first-hand accounts of the often disturbing combat that occurred right across the eastern front. From the early successes of the 1941 Barbarossa campaign to the last ditched fuel-less and exhausted ammunition supply battles of 1945.

With each personal account one forms a clear picture of just how expert the German forces really were at Panzer warfare, both in terms of out gunning and out manoeuvring their foe with individuals time and again proving their superior nerve and battlefield experience, whilst reacting to often desperate situations against overwhelming odds and an enemy with seemingly endless supplies.

Freelance - Neil Barlow

I would highly recommend this work as a critical testament to the drama, farce and terror faced and overcome by soldiers of any nation but, in this particular case, Germany.

Strategy and Tactics Magazine

This title looks at Panzer Warfare on the Eastern Front from the point of view of the German Panzer crews facing the might of the Soviet Army on the harsh Eastern Front. Using the words and accounts from the panzer crews themselves, the author offers an intimate portrait of what it was like to be participating in tank warfare at the height of World War Two.

All of the majour operations are covered within the book, it offers a fascinating insight into the would of the panzer crew during the war, which will no doubt seem to be a popular subject with historians and its sure to appeal to those with a general interest in German tank warfare too.

Military Machines International

Of the billions of worlds written about every aspect of World War Two, the thousands of kilometres of film, it seems hard to images any new book is going to present a unique insight. This book has achieved that. Hans Schaufler has collected together a fascinating selection of first-hand German accounts of panzer warfare on the Eastern Front as Germany swung from seemingly endless triumphs to stalemate and then the relentless retreats and crushing defeat.
The text is well-written and supported by a large number of photographs that have been reproduced through the text in single colour.

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