In World War II, the Germans brought tremendous ingenuity to their production of tanks, raising the bar on land warfare. Containing 400 black and white photographs, this jam-packed visual encyclopedia surveys the armored vehicles used by the Nazi forces in their conquest of Europe, Africa, and the U.S.S.R. In the text, David Doyle tracks how panzers were modified in response to the changing demands of the war, and this impressively thorough guide is rounded out by specifications for the tanks as well as detailed descriptions of how they fared in combat.