Translation of: Panzerschlachten.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Polish campaign -- The conquest of France -- The Balkan campaign -- At Rommel's headquarters -- Sidi Rezegh -- Rommel's defeat and recovery -- The Gazala battles -- Tobruk to Alamein -- Farewell to Africa -- Introduction to Russia -- "And quiet flows the don" -- Disaster at Stalingrad -- Manstein's great achievement -- The battle of Kursk -- Back to the Dnieper -- The Kiev salient -- The withdrawal from the Ukraine -- The defense of Poland -- The Red army -- Crisis in the west -- The struggle in Alsace-Lorraine -- The final battles -- In retrospect.

Armored warfare assumed vital importance in World War II, and during the first years of the war despite inferiority in numbers and equipment, the German Army was master. The secret of Germany's early successes and the reason for its eventual failure are disclosed in this analysis by a brilliant former general of the German Army. Major General von Mellenthin, who saw action in every theater of the European war from 1939 to 1945, follows the panzer armies through Poland, France, the Balkans, across the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastes of Russia, to the final defeat on the Western front.