Account of 3rd Panzer Group in Operation Barbarossa, written by commanding officer, Hermann Hoth. Hermann Hoth led Germany's 3rd Panzer Group in Army Group Center - in tandem with Guderian's 2nd Group - during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Together, the two panzer commanders achieved a series of astounding victories, encircling entire Russian armies at Minsk, Smolensk, and Vyazma, up to the very gates of Moscow. In this work, originally published in German in 1956, Hoth discusses his exact command decisions during Barbarossa to reveal new insights into how Germany could have succeeded. Hoth sheds light on the decisive struggle between Hitler and his military advisers on the question whether, after the Dnieper and the Dvina had been reached, to adhere to the original idea of capturing Moscow. Hoth's first-hand analysis is vital reading for every student of World War II.
