Pferd und Reiter im II. [i.e. Zweiten] Weltkrieg

by Janusz Piekalkiewicz

German

Genres: History, World War II, Military History

255 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Gabriele Goldstone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Half this book is photos. Some sickening. Highlights for me: I had no idea the Germans killed 30,000 of their own horses in Crimea in May, 1944, just to avoid them being transferred to the enemy. Another tragedy: the British trickery against the cossacks in Lienz, Austria.

This book offers a narrow slice of the war, from the point of view of the various cavalries. I'm glad I struggled through it.

[Jimmy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interestin book, coverin horse cavalry operations during World War II. However, several things drove down the rating: Almost two-thirds of the book is photographs, and it tends to be very disjointed, frequently jumping between theaters and campaigns. It includes several first-person accounts but rarely identifies the authors.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

World War II marked the last time that hose cavalry would play an important role in the way battles were fought. It is extremely well illustrated with numerous photographs from both sides of the conflict.