Stalin's Armour, 1941-1945: Soviet Tanks at War

by Anthony Tucker-Jones

Stalin's purge of army officers in the late 1930s and disputes about tank tactics meant that Soviet armored forces were in disarray when Hitler invaded in 1941. As a result, during Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht's 3,200 panzers ran circles round the Red Army's tank force of almost 20,000 - thousands of Soviet tanks were disabled or destroyed.

Yet within two years of this disaster the Red Army's tank arm had regained its confidence and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526777932
• ISBN13: 9781526777935
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"