Armored Bears, Volume Two. The German 3rd Panzer Division in World War II.

Veterans of the 3rd Panzer Division.

ISBN 10: 0811711706 / ISBN 13: 9780811711708

Published by Stackpole Books, Mechancisburg, 2013

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v,328pp, appendices, num bw ills, maps.Or black boards in jacket. Near new. This second volume detailing the history of the 3rd Panzer Division picks up with the renewal of the German offensive on the Eastern Front in the spring of 1942 (after Operation Barbarossa). After preventing the Red Army from taking Kharkov, the division paticipated in the advance to the Caucasus and in the pivotal Battle of Kursk, after which the tide turned against Germany. The war's final two years saw the 3rd panzer Division perform a series of withdrawals and delaying actions in the face of the numerically superior Soviets, before surrendering to the Americans, thus avoiding Soviet captivity. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 033092

Bibliographic Details

Title: Armored Bears, Volume Two. The German 3rd ...

Publisher: Stackpole Books, Mechancisburg

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First US Edition.

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Synopsis:

First major treatment of the 3rd Panzer Division in English

Covers the division's formation and its battles in Poland in 1939, France in 1940, and the Eastern Front in 1941 and 1942

The division had nearly 50 Knight's Cross winners by the end of the war

Contains numerous photos of soldiers and their tanks

Based on the daily logs of the division and recollections of its commanders and soldiers