Operation Winter Tempest by David Pentland
Depicting Panzer IVF2 tanks of the 6th Panzer Division attempting to
fight their way through to the beleaguered Sixth Army at Stalingrad,
12th December 1942.
Dash to the Sea, November 1944 by David
Pentland ."Dash to the Sea" by David Pentland. As
allied forces pressed inland towards Caen, the 21st panzer Division
launched a counterattack along a narrow three mile corridor between the
Canadians on Juno beach and the British on Sword. the charge led by
fifty tanks of 22nd panzer regiment and supporting Panzer grenadiers was
engaged on its eastern flank by heavy British anti tank fire and the
bulk of the force was pinned down or destroyed. ultimately only six PZ
IV's and a company of infantry mannered to reach the coast at lion sur
mer. their stay however was short lived and within a few hours the
arrival of the transports and gliders of the British 6th Airborne
directly overhead forced the entire division to pull back for fear of
being trapped.
"The Falaise Gap" Normandy 12-20th August 1944 by David
Pentland After almost two months of continuous fighting in the front line,
remnants of the 12th SS Panzer Division, "Hitler Jugend", fall
back under incessant air attacks by allied fighter bombers for their
final battles in France. In their defense of the northern flank of what
is to become the Falaise Gap the new Jagdpanzer IV in particular is to
prove a formidable foe to the attacking British and Canadian tanks.
Battle of Gazala by David Pentland Panzer II's and III's of the African
Korps, 15th Panzer Division
drive towards Arcoma during the epic battles for the Gazala line.
Blitzkrieg, Northern France, May 1940 by David Pentland
General Major Erwin Rommel leads the vanguard of his vaunted 7th
Panzer (Ghost) Division past an abandoned French Char B tank on its epic
drive from the Ardennes to the English Channel.
The
Panzer Count by David Pentland. Generalleutnant
Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zeuche und Camminetz, (nicknamed The Panzer Count), in the vanguard of Panzer Regiment Gross
Deutchlands thrust towards Belogrod. One of the most spectacular armour
commanders of all time he led his mixed force of PzIVs and Tiger 1s on a
series of successful battles to form a northern pincer around Kharkov,
vital to the retaking of the city. For his exploits he was awarded the
swords to his Knights Cross.
THE BATTLE - Battle of Gazala The most convincing defeat of the British forces during the whole desert campaigns
of World War Two. The front line ran south from the coastal town of Gazala,
about 95 km west of Tobruk, to the oasis of Bir Hacheim. In May 1942 Field
Marshal Rommel launched an attack against Gazala using two diversionary Italian
corps at the north end of the line while the two other corps (the Afrika and
Italian corps) corps veered towards Tobruck from the southern end of the line.
Although surprised the British forces fought well, inflicting heavy casualties
on the German forces and cornering them. Finding himself trapped between a minefield
and the British defences, Rommel was on the verge of surrender. The Italian
Trieste Division, however, were able to create a supply route through the minefield
to the cornered German forces allowing them to be take on supplies. Helped by
British indecision, Rommel managed to break through the Cauldron area and overwhelm
the British defences. The British counter attack was confused and useless, easily
defeated by the German forces who then continued onto Tobruk. Rommel defeated
many British forces on the way and eventually the British abandoned their positions
and retreated to the El Alamein line.
