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Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in military history at the University of Padua. A scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout World War II, he is active in Italy and abroad writing titles and essays on military history subjects. A contributor to the Italian Army Historical Office, he is currently revising his PhD thesis for publication: The War of the Axis: German and Italian Military Partnership in World War Two, 1939-1943.
Introduction | p. 4 |
Combat mission | p. 5 |
Doctrine and training | p. 6 |
Unit organization | p. 8 |
From 1943 to 1944 | |
Divisional Headquarters | |
The Panzer Regiment | |
Panzergrenadier units | |
Panzeraufklärungs Abteilung | |
Panzerjäger Abteilung | |
Artillery | |
Panzer Pionier Bataillon | |
Communications and replacements | |
Divisional supply and services | |
The 1945 Panzer Division | |
Tactics | p. 46 |
Salerno, 13-14 September 1943 (16. Panzer Division) | |
Gorodok, 21-27 November 1943 (20. Panzer Division) | |
Cherkassy, 16-17 February 1944 (1. Panzer Division) | |
Targul-Frumos, 2 May 1944 (24. Panzer Division) | |
St. Lo, 11 July 1944 (Panzer Lehr Division) | |
Caen, 18 July 1944 (21. Panzer Division) | |
Arracourt, 25-29 September 1944 (11. Panzer Division) | |
Nyiregyhaza, 26 October 1944 (1. and 23. Panzer Divisions) | |
Hürtgen Forest, 2-9 November 1944 (116. Panzer Division) | |
Celles-Rochefort, 23-26 December 1944 (Panzer Lehr, 2. Panzer Division) | |
Wissembourg, 8-9 January 1945 (21. Panzer Division) | |
Stuhlweissenburg, 20-21 January 1945 (1. Panzer Division) | |
Weapons and equipment | p. 70 |
Command, control, communications and intelligence | p. 81 |
The German command system | |
The use of Kampfgruppen and the command system | |
Unit status | p. 85 |
Lessons learned | p. 91 |
Abbreviations and glossary | p. 92 |
Bibliography | p. 93 |
Key to vehicle silhouette identification | p. 94 |
Index | p. 95 |
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