- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Pen & Sword Military (16 Jun 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1848845065
- ISBN-13: 978-1848845060
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 500,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In September 1939, the tanks of Panzer-Regiment 5 swept into Poland, a devastating part of the German blitzkrieg that opened World War II with a terrifying display of military force. The following spring, the regiment rumbled across France, again showing the destructive power of the panzer. But the units greatest fame would come in the North African desert, where Panzer-Regiment 5 joined Erwin Rommels vaunted Afrika Korps as it battled the British back and forth beneath the scorching sun of Libya and Egypt.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The complete history of Panzer Regiment 5 is produced in 2 volumes and is one of the most comprehensive historical records of any military unit ever published. As one would expect, both volumes are similar in format and design and, therefore, require me to repeat some of the comments from my review of Volume 1.
Author Bernd Hartmann served in the post-WW2 German army as a Lt. Colonel and is now spokesman for the Panzer Regiment 5 Veterans Association. Well qualified to write a history of a subject he fully understands, this volume covers the period from 1942-1945. Whereas Volume 1 takes the history of the Regiment from those early days where the Panzer 1 became the mainstay of the German army until 1940, that particular weapon's shortcomings were quickly replaced by much improved versions. Picking up exactly where he left off in Volume 1, Hartmann now takes the reader through that period when the German Panzer became the foremost weapon of its type in the world.
Once again we have a marvellous compilation of history - both written and visual. Speaking as one who spends his time immersed in research, I recognise this work as another triumph of detailed investigation and countless hours spent examining thousands of documents and other sources of information. Added to these is yet another large collection of historical photographs depicting so many men, so many tanks, so many battles...
With plenty of supporting information in the way of diagrams, facts, maps, documents and so forth, the reader will quickly realise how little, if anything, can have been omitted from this work.
When I was a boy, the Allies were the good guys and the Germans were the bad guys - just like Cowboys and Indians. Today, all that is gone and I am delighted to find a complete study of an important branch of the German Army from WW2 which has an honourable history - and the history of Panzer Regiment 5 is as honourable as any. It was important, therefore, that such an undertaking should have been fully and properly recorded and, once again, I really do congratulate the author on a most excellent job of work.
I consider this work as essential for historians and as fascinating reading for those with a passing interest.
NM
(British army major - retired)
Author Bernd Hartmann served in the post-WW2 German army as a Lt. Colonel and is now spokesman for the Panzer Regiment 5 Veterans Association. Well qualified to write a history of a subject he fully understands, this volume covers the period from 1942-1945. Whereas Volume 1 takes the history of the Regiment from those early days where the Panzer 1 became the mainstay of the German army until 1940, that particular weapon's shortcomings were quickly replaced by much improved versions. Picking up exactly where he left off in Volume 1, Hartmann now takes the reader through that period when the German Panzer became the foremost weapon of its type in the world.
Once again we have a marvellous compilation of history - both written and visual. Speaking as one who spends his time immersed in research, I recognise this work as another triumph of detailed investigation and countless hours spent examining thousands of documents and other sources of information. Added to these is yet another large collection of historical photographs depicting so many men, so many tanks, so many battles...
With plenty of supporting information in the way of diagrams, facts, maps, documents and so forth, the reader will quickly realise how little, if anything, can have been omitted from this work.
When I was a boy, the Allies were the good guys and the Germans were the bad guys - just like Cowboys and Indians. Today, all that is gone and I am delighted to find a complete study of an important branch of the German Army from WW2 which has an honourable history - and the history of Panzer Regiment 5 is as honourable as any. It was important, therefore, that such an undertaking should have been fully and properly recorded and, once again, I really do congratulate the author on a most excellent job of work.
I consider this work as essential for historians and as fascinating reading for those with a passing interest.
NM
(British army major - retired)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
As fine a work as Volume One!
14 Jun 2011
Format:Hardcover
The complete history of Panzer Regiment 5 is produced in 2 volumes and is one of the most comprehensive historical records of any military unit ever published. As one would expect, both volumes are similar in format and design and, therefore, require me to repeat some of the comments from my review of Volume 1.
Author Bernd Hartmann served in the post-WW2 German army as a Lt. Colonel and is now spokesman for the Panzer Regiment 5 Veterans Association. Well qualified to write a history of a subject he fully understands, this volume covers the period from 1942-1945. Whereas Volume 1 takes the history of the Regiment from those early days where the Panzer 1 became the mainstay of the German army until 1940, that particular weapon's shortcomings were quickly replaced by much improved versions. Picking up exactly where he left off in Volume 1, Hartmann now takes the reader through that period when the German Panzer became the foremost weapon of its type in the world.
Once again we have a marvellous compilation of history - both written and visual. Speaking as one who spends his time immersed in research, I recognise this work as another triumph of detailed investigation and countless hours spent examining thousands of documents and other sources of information. Added to these is yet another large collection of historical photographs depicting so many men, so many tanks, so many battles...
With plenty of supporting information in the way of diagrams, facts, maps, documents and so forth, the reader will quickly realise how little, if anything, can have been omitted from this work.
When I was a boy, the Allies were the good guys and the Germans were the bad guys - just like Cowboys and Indians. Today, all that is gone and I am delighted to find a complete study of an important branch of the German Army from WW2 which has an honourable history - and the history of Panzer Regiment 5 is as honourable as any. It was important, therefore, that such an undertaking should have been fully and properly recorded and, once again, I really do congratulate the author on a most excellent job of work.
I consider this work as essential for historians and as fascinating reading for those with a passing interest.
NM
(British army major - retired)
Author Bernd Hartmann served in the post-WW2 German army as a Lt. Colonel and is now spokesman for the Panzer Regiment 5 Veterans Association. Well qualified to write a history of a subject he fully understands, this volume covers the period from 1942-1945. Whereas Volume 1 takes the history of the Regiment from those early days where the Panzer 1 became the mainstay of the German army until 1940, that particular weapon's shortcomings were quickly replaced by much improved versions. Picking up exactly where he left off in Volume 1, Hartmann now takes the reader through that period when the German Panzer became the foremost weapon of its type in the world.
Once again we have a marvellous compilation of history - both written and visual. Speaking as one who spends his time immersed in research, I recognise this work as another triumph of detailed investigation and countless hours spent examining thousands of documents and other sources of information. Added to these is yet another large collection of historical photographs depicting so many men, so many tanks, so many battles...
With plenty of supporting information in the way of diagrams, facts, maps, documents and so forth, the reader will quickly realise how little, if anything, can have been omitted from this work.
When I was a boy, the Allies were the good guys and the Germans were the bad guys - just like Cowboys and Indians. Today, all that is gone and I am delighted to find a complete study of an important branch of the German Army from WW2 which has an honourable history - and the history of Panzer Regiment 5 is as honourable as any. It was important, therefore, that such an undertaking should have been fully and properly recorded and, once again, I really do congratulate the author on a most excellent job of work.
I consider this work as essential for historians and as fascinating reading for those with a passing interest.
NM
(British army major - retired)
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