Armoured Fighting Vehicles on Czechoslovakian territory 1945
STEEL CARNAGE
In the second volume in our series we continue the journey
through the Czech lands, were a tremendous number of vehicles were
knocked out, blown-up or simply left behind by retreating German forces
during the final momentous weeks of World War 2. Among them were also
vast amounts of Red Army machines, knocked out in the many tank battles
that raged along the retreat route.
Few historians and modellers know the full facts about the units and
their hardware, which were involved in some of the last battles of the
war. Now we revisit many of the places covered in Volume 1, revealing
new facts and in many cases unpublished photos to illustrate the
journey, accompanied by highly detailed captions.
ON THE WAY TO THE MELTING PLANTS
The book will take a closer look at what happened to the
vehicles after the war, when they were collected systematically and
transported to the melting plants. King Tigers, Panthers, Pz.IVs, StuGs.
Hetzers, SPWs, T-34s and IS-2s were among them, as well as more rarely
seen vehicles such as Möbelwagens, Marders and L/70As. We will also
glance at a few of the surviving vehicles that went on to serve in the
post- war period.
