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1	Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS: 1943-45 more books like this by Will Fey, Henri Henschler (Translator) add to wishlist The Waffen SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were involved in almost continuous combat. From the sweeping tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy, and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalised in history as the Battle of ... see all copies from $3.96! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Panzer Tactics: German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II more books like this by Wolfgang Schneider, OBE add to wishlist Wolfgang Schneider has written the definitive account of German small-unit armour tactics. Using period training manuals, after-action reports, countless interviews with Panzer veterans, and his own experiences as an armour commander in the modern Germany Army, Schneider describes World War II Panzer tactics, coupling his narrative with scores of ... see all copies from $8.98! new only from $8.98! \| SVS
3	Panzer Battles: A Study of the Employment of Armor in the Second World War more books like this by L C Turner (Editor), F W Von Mellenthin, H Betzler (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.99! \| first editions
4	Weapons of the Tankers: American Armor in World War II more books like this by Harry Yeide add to wishlist This is a comprehensive photographic record of America's World War II tanks. Almost overnight, the United States Army went from having a near-nonexistent armored force to fielding a world-class operation. The story of the armored battalions' equipment, designed with incredible ingenuity and produced with unparalleled speed, unfolds in this book, ... see all copies from $5.73! new only from $5.74! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Patton's Panthers: The African-American 761st Tank Battalion in World War II more books like this by Charles W Sasser add to wishlist From established military author Charles Sasser, comes the fascinating true story of the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II - the first African-American armoured unit to enter combat. The 761st Tank Battalion remained in constant combat for 183 days, from the time it entered WWII in November 1944 until the World War II ended. No other unit ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Tank Driver: With the 11th Armored from the Battle of the Bulge to Ve Day more books like this by J Ted Hartman add to wishlist "Tank Driver" is the story of a young man's combat initiation in World War II. Based on letters home, the sparse narrative has the immediacy of on-the-spot reporting. Ted Hartman was a teenager when he was sent overseas to drive a Sherman tank into combat to face the desperate German counterattack known as the Battle of the Bulge. Hartman gives a ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Panzerschlacht: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944 more books like this by Perry Moore add to wishlist 'Panzerschlacht' covers in detail the unraveling of the southern sector of the Eastern Front during late summer and autumn 1944, which led to some of the largest and most vicious, yet unknown, tank battles of the Second World War. Slammed by continuous Russian attacks that ripped the Romanian Front to pieces and by late August had caused Romania ... see all copies from $28.73! new only from $28.73! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Goodwood: The British Offensive in Normandy, July 1944 more books like this by Ian Daglish add to wishlist While American infantry slogged its way through the hedgerows of western Normandy in July 1944, the British were waging a largely armoured campaign to the east near Caen. Planned to have been seized on D-Day, Caen still remained contested on 18 July, when Bernard Montgomery launched Operation Goodwood, whose exact purpose is still debated - either ... see all copies from $10.10! new only from $10.10! \| SVS
9	Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific more books like this by Oscar E Gilbert add to wishlist No previous book has been devoted to Marine Corps armor in World War II. Gilbert's gripping narrative combines exhaustive detail on Marine armor and combat with moving eyewitness accounts, never before published, of what it was actually like to be a Marine tanker in action in the Pacific. see all copies from $18.00! new only from $24.85! \| SVS
10	Another River, Another Town: A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945 more books like this by John P Irwin add to wishlist "Another River, Another Town" tells the story of a teenage tank gunner who is sent into battle against the Germans in mid-1945 and for six weeks fights alongside a crew as inexperienced and youthful as himself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Rommel's Afrika Korps: El Agheila to El Alamein more books like this by George R Bradford add to wishlist This book provides a portrait of this famous World War II unit at the height of its success. It is completely illustrated with photos, maps, and diagrams - in colour where available. In the sands of the Western Desert in 1941-42, Erwin Rommel made history as the Desert Fox, waging a brilliant and bold campaign against the British. Beginning at El ... see all copies from $13.76! new only from $13.76! \| SVS
12	Tanks of World War 2 more books like this by Chris Ellis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13 view cover	Tank Combat in North Africa: The Opening Rounds Operations Sonnenblume, Brevity, Skorpion and Battleaxe more books like this by Thomas L Jentz add to wishlist The focus of this book is the tank battles fought during the opening phase of the war in North Africa. What really happened during the engagements? How were the tanks fought? What were their strengths and weaknesses? Not simplified generalities, but substantive, basic facts gleaned from searching for details in the surviving original records. The ... see all copies from $39.96! new only from $39.96!
14	Hitler's Teutonic Knights: SS Panzers in Action more books like this by Bruce Quarrie add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.00! \| first editions
15	Panzers in North West Europe more books like this by Bruce Quarrie add to wishlist see all copies from $5.94!
16 view cover	Panzers at War more books like this by Michael Green, Gladys Green add to wishlist It is a chance to get inside one of the most feared adversaries in the history of tank warfare. "Panzers at War" takes us around and inside the mighty tank, from its first incarnation through the versatile Panzer IV - the backbone of Germany's tank forces through most of World War II - to the impenetrable, nearly 10-ton Panther, with its 75-mm gun ... see all copies from $5.09! new only from $12.28! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Panther vs. T-34: Ukraine 1943 more books like this by Robert Forczyk add to wishlist This book describes the design and development of these two deadly opponents, the Panther and the T-34, analysing their strengths and weaknesses and assessing their tactics, weaponry and training. Moreover it gives an insight into the lives of the tank crews themselves who were caught up in the largest land conflict of World War II in some of the ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.75! \| SVS
18 view cover	M26/M46 Pershing Tank 1943-53 more books like this by Steven J Zaloga, M.A., Tony Bryan (Illustrator) add to wishlist The M26 was the most powerful US tank produced during World War II, comparable with the best German tanks. This title looks at the M26 and M46 Patton which formed the backbone of the armoured units of the post-war US army. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $21.70! \| signed copies
19 view cover	Sherman Firefly more books like this by David Fletcher, Tony Bryan (Illustrator) add to wishlist The most powerfully gunned tank fielded by the Allies during World War II was the Sherman Firefly. An ordinary American-built Sherman modified by the British, the Firefly had the firepower that could finally match the awesome German tanks that had dominated Europe. David Fletcher examines the controversy that dogged the Firefly and the ... see all copies from $7.26! new only from $8.14! \| SVS
20 view cover	Tank Warfare in the Second World War: An Oral History more books like this by George Forty, Lieutenant-Colonel add to wishlist Recollections of those involved in tank warfare in the Second World War. It covers the experiences of all members of the tank crew and such topics as training, first action, crew trades and tank living. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions
21 view cover	Tiger I on the Western Front more books like this by Jean Restayn add to wishlist The heavily armored Tiger I became the most famous German tank of World War II. The Tigers were originally intended to counter the heavy tanks of the Russian Front, and were assigned to specially created tank battalions. In 1944 Tiger units were rushed to Normandy and fought in all the major battles of the Western Front. Although they were ... see all copies from $27.98! new only from $27.98!
22 view cover	Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker? more books like this by Russell A Hart add to wishlist Biographers and historians have lionized Heinz Guderian as the legendary father of the German armored force and brilliant practitioner of blitzkrieg maneuver warfare. As Russell A. Hart argues, Guderian created this legend with his own highly influential yet self-serving and distorted memoir, which remains one of the most widely read accounts of ... see all copies from $12.06! new only from $12.06! \| SVS
23	Panzer more books like this by Philip Warner add to wishlist see all copies from $4.50! first editions
24 view cover	Panzer Aces more books like this by Franz Kurowski add to wishlist This first installment in a new series chronicles the World War II battles that created the legend of the Panzer armored tanks. Based on extensive research, these gripping narratives of D-Day at Normandy, the campaigns in Italy, the ferocious battle at Kursk--the greatest armored battle in the history of war--and many other engagements detail how ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $151.90! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Kv-1 & 2 Heavy Tanks 1939-45 more books like this by Steven J Zalogo, Steven J Zaloga, M.A., Peter Sarson (Illustrator) add to wishlist This work examines the history of the KV series of Soviet tanks. It describes its development and combat history, and includes contemporary photographs and detailed colour plates and cut-aways. see all copies from $7.28! new only from $7.82! \| first editions \| SVS

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