Samohybné dělostřelectvo Wehrmachtu – Anderson Thomas (2020)

Only a few years passed between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second World War, but the way of conducting war changed beyond recognition during this time. Trench warfare and horse-drawn artillery were replaced by rapid movements of modern mobile units. German armored divisions swept through Western Europe and halted in the east only before Moscow. However, the rules of blitzkrieg also required that units on the front line be effectively supported by rapidly moving self-propelled artillery – and the Panzerartillerie units had no competition on the battlefields for a long time in this regard. The book, dedicated to the development of this type of combat technology from its inception in the interwar period to the end of the Second World War, offers readers an overview of all important types of German self-propelled guns, their deployment on various battlefields, and the direct experiences of their crews in combat. The exposition is based on careful study of mostly unpublished sources and is supplemented by a wealth of unique photographs and technical data overviews, as readers of Thomas Anderson's books have long been accustomed to.