Panzerwolf: Tank Warfare in Poland Paperback – February 8, 2026

Meet young German tank commander Kurt Wolf and his crew as they undergo their brutal baptism of fire in the first days of September 1939. Meet Panzer General Heinz Guderian, Commander, 19 Motorized Corps, and his staff as they direct their forces across the Polish Corridor and deeper into Poland at the start of “Case White”—Adolf Hitler’s opening act of World War II and the Wehrmacht’s first “blitzkrieg” campaign. The author takes the reader on a “roller coaster” ride as he deftly pivots between Wolf and his men in often desperate combat at the forward edge of battle and General Guderian himself as he leads them into action. The author’s exceptional knowledge of the subject matter literally puts the reader in the driver’s seat of a German tank in mortal combat, offering compelling insight into the nature of tank warfare at the start of WWII.“A remarkable historical novel of the ‘German way of war,’ set during the start of WWII in Europe. David Howell seamlessly splits the fast paced narrative between Guderian’s Corps HQ and a tank crew in the 3rd Panzer Division. In so doing, the reader is transported into the world of the Panzerwaffe, and taken on a roller coaster ride to experience what it was like to be a German soldier during the heady days of September 1939. Given my own highly-detailed works, I was especially struck by the exceptional level of detail that the author uses in describing not only the German and Polish equipment employed, but also many of the combat techniques that made the Panzertruppen such formidable foes.” Nigel Askey (author of Operation Barbarossa, the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis Series). Read more