German Tanks of World War II is a detailed examination of this armoured hammer used so successfully by the Wehrmacht to smash holes in the enemy lines in the early years of the war. The book describes in depth the various models of tank in German service during the war and the tactics evolved to take advantage of their strengths and weaknesses. It also explores the growth of the German tank arm from its clandestine existence in the 1920s to the feared strike arm of the early 1940s and its subsequent decline as the war turned against Germany.