Military Historic Panzer Battles!

Dedicated to all soldiers who fought and died for their country in the Second World War

It is important to understand that this website is not dedicated to any Revisionist or Neo-Nazi beliefs!

This site discusses tank development throughout World War II. At the height of the early German successes, the German forces often found themselves operating tanks that were markedly inferior to those of the allies. While this was true in France and in North Africa, nowhere was it more true than in Russia, where the Germans, operating Czech-built Panzer 38(t), Panzer II, III and IV were faced with the larger and more formidable Soviet T-34 and the KV-1 tanks. This single fact more than any drove subsequent German tank designs and these early war models rapidly gave way up-gunned Panzer IV, Panthers and the much vaunted Tiger I and Tiger II models. It also spurred the development of several Panzerjaeger and Jagdpanzer vehicles (aka "tank hunters", the German equivalent of tank destroyers) including the successvol Hetzer and Jagdpanther models.

The Soviets began the war with an advantage in terms of the number and quality of armoured combat vehicles. The Red Army managed to give the Germans some nasty surprices (T-34 and the KV-1). These vehicles made a big and deadly impression on the German Panzer Corps and would heavily influence subsequent tank designs in Germany and in other parts of the world. The Soviets learned some hard lessons from the Germans regarding the use of tanks and began forming more dedicated armoured divisions wich allowed them to employ these vehicles more effectively against German armour.

Battle History (General)

Blitzkrieg in the West: The French Campaign
Nice site about Guderians finest weeks in French (10 May 1940-25 June 1940). Desert FOX: The battle of North Africa
Very interesting site which deals with African Campaign (1940-1943). It describes weapons, commanders, tactics, etc.
Operation Barbarossa - Eastern Front Combat History 1941-45
Perfect site deals with all aspects of the German Invasion of Russia and fighting on the Eastern Front
Stalingrad - von Paulus 6th Army encircled and destroyed
This site describes the first serious defeat by the German army on the Eastern Front
Operation Citadele (Kursk) July 1943
Really good site that researched the biggest tank-battle of World War II
The Battle of Monte Cassino
This site contains info about the key battle to link up the Allied army in southern Italy, with the Anzio pocket further North.
The Battle of the Bulge
This site describes the desperated battle in the Ardennes.

World War II Links (Allied)

The 2nd Polish Corps
This site contains the heroes of Monte Casino. Nice one!
Steel Chariots
A great resource site portraying the Canadian Army in WW2.
Kiwis in action!
History of armoured fighting units in New Zealand and used in various campaigns in WWII
Kubinka - Museum of Armored Forces
The Museum of Armored Equipment in Kubinka (Russia) has one of the largest collections of armored vehicles in WW II
Red Steel!
This site is devoted to the tanks of the red army's tank force in WW II
The Red Army during 'The Great Patriotic War'
The Stalin Archive's Red Army Database
World War II in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Experience in World War II
Center of Military History (United States Army)
Chapter 22: WWII-The war against Germany and Italy

World War II Links (Axis)

German Armed Forces in WWII
The Units, Formations and Organisation of an era
Panzer Lehr
Great source for any informations concerning Panzers and German Army in World War II
2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich"
Nice site dealing with Hitlers political soldiers of the 2nd Panzer Division
Finland in the 2nd World War
A military history page dedicated to the examination of Finland in World War 2

Panzermuseum Munster
Panzer Museum in Munster (Germany) Online! Many color photo's of various panzers and other equipment.

World War II Panzer Aces & Panzer Generals

Biography of Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian was the leading theorist of armored warfare and the panzer general no.1 in Germany.
Kurt 'Panzermeyer' Meyer
Meyer took command of the 12th SS, becoming the youngest division commander in the German armed force.

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