Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 962361618X, Paperback)

72 pages, 159 photos, and 16 color artist plates. Following the tradition of Concord Publication's "Armor at War" series, this new title is destined to be a hot seller. Concord's first issue of German armor book in this series, this book illustrates the German Panzer forces from their establishment to the battle of Moscow. The Blitzkrieg was performed to perfection by the Panzerwaffe during the early years of WWII: the Polish campaign, the occupation of Northern Europe, the war in the West, the North African campaign, the Balkan campaign, the invasion of the Soviet Union. This book is backed up by many never-before published photos from Eastern Europe, a must for armor enthusiasts and historians. This book includes 16 colorful artist plates featuring the panzers in the early stages of war. A great variety of vehicles is illustrated showing markings and camouflage schemes from 1935 on to the winter of 1941/42, from the open country in Western Europe to the sands of North Africa to the steppes of Russia.