Heer Im Focus Edition No.1Axel Urbanke (editor)Luftfahrtverlag START 2023Reviewed by Graham Carter Summary
FirstRead Following the other series of ‘Im Focus’ bookazines on Luftwaffe and U-boat items, this is the first volume covering a variety of WWII German army-themed topics.
A stiff card cover encloses 72 glossy A4 pages of photos and stories in German and English covering a lot of topics, too numerous to list in full but including specific vehicles, a detailed photo coverage of the campaign of the 18th Panzer Division in the east ( which includes a mass of maps and photos of Panzer IIIs and IVs fording a river as well as in-action shots, many in colour), a fascinating article of the little-covered zebra-striped camouflage schemes on vehicles, AFVs and soft-skins, in the pine forests of the eastern and Scandinavian campaigns, helmet camouflage, the use of knocked-out T-34s as signposts, a decorated King Tiger, as well as others of interest.
The use of personal and in many cases, archived images, many in colour, make this a fascinating introduction to the series. I found much to catch my eye, and I am not that much of an army fan. The captions are detailed and very clear in both languages and the maps are well drawn and large enough to be very useful. I think that a modeller or historian will find this volume immensely interesting and so it comes highly recommended. Thanks to Luftfahrtverlag START for the sample |