Read review, 'German Tanks in France 1940 Armor in the Wehrmacht's greatest Blitzkrieg victory'. | Armorama™

A fully illustrated new assessment of the German tank force that won its greatest victory in France during 1940. The German conquest of France in 1940 was arguably the Wehrmacht's greatest military achievement, conquering France in several weeks after having failed to do so in World War I. New Panzer tactics, dubbed 'Blitzkrieg', were at the heart of the German victory.


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Except for him not holding his binoculars in his left hand, Erwin Rommel in the last picture could be the archetype for all of the “German officer holding binoculars and pointing” figures that have been cast over the decades. All you’d need to change is to move the binoculars from their strap to his hand.