Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919-1939

by Mary R. Habeck

Book Overview

In this fascinating account of the battle tanks that saw combat in the European Theater of World War II, Mary R. Habeck traces the strategies developed between the wars for the use of armored vehicles in battle. Only in Germany and the Soviet Union were truly original armor doctrines (generally known as "blitzkreig" and "deep battle") fully implemented. Storm of Steel relates how the German and Soviet armies formulated and chose to put into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801440742
• ISBN13: 9780801440748
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher