Book Alert: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1943-1945: Red Steamroller

In two weeks Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1943-1945: Red Steamroller  by Robert Forczyk will be released according to Amazon.  This is the follow-up to his book Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt which came out in 2014.  Published by Pen and Sword, this new book is hardcover with 288 pages.  Robert Forczyk is a former US Army tanker and author of several books on WW2, a number of Osprey softcover books and also a prolific Amazon reviewer.  For those that don’t mind reading on electronic devices, it’s worth pointing out that the first book of this set is available for Kindle for a mere $1.99.

Publishers Description:

By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht’s panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its edge. Thereafter the war on the Eastern Front was dominated by tank-led offensives and, as Robert Forczyk shows, the Red Army’s mechanized forces gained the upper hand, delivering a sequence of powerful blows that shattered one German defensive line after another.

His incisive study offers fresh insight into how the two most powerful mechanized armies of the Second World War developed their tank tactics and weaponry during this period of growing Soviet dominance. He uses German, Russian and English sources to provide the first comprehensive overview and analysis of armored warfare from the German and Soviet perspectives.

This major study of the greatest tank war in history is compelling reading.

Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1943-1945: Red Steamroller is available for pre-order at Amazon.