German tanks on the Eastern Front. The elite troops of the Third Reich against the Red Army. 1943-1945

The Eastern Front was the decisive theater of hostilities during World War II. The pivoting point in it became mid-1943, when, under the Kursk, the Red Army and Wehrmacht focused the largest combat forces in history. A colossal tank battle occurred, as a result of which the Soviet troops received a strategic advantage and began an offensive, not ceased to the final defeat of the Third Reich.
Based on the original sources, the British Military Historian analyzes the fighting of Waffen-SS divisions - "Führera fire team" - "Das Reich", "Dead Head", "Viking", "Hitlergendan", "Gogenstaofen" and "Frundsberg" On the Eastern Front. The author explores the structure of elite divisions, their feature, appointment and role in operations under Kharkov, Kursk, Cherkasy and other battles.
The book is equipped with cards and rare photographic materials, in the appendix there is an exhaustive information on the connections of the opposing parties