Blitzkrieg Unleashed: Poland 1939

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:16 am

Not until mid-September Benoit, I'm afraid.

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:34 am

A glimpse of the front cover, the official one sent by the artist (the one that I posted earlier is now the back page)

Njorl · Post by **Njorl** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:28 am

Hmm... Looks catchy but seems quite loosely connected with the content IMHO. True Richard, this must have been done by an 'artisit'

And Tigers would have been much more 'artistic'

Regards,
Michal Jungiewicz

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:41 am

Are they Tigers, Michal? I bloody hope not. They look like Pz IIIs to me, although the scene does look rather Barbarossa-esque.

I think it's better than the original cover I posted because it suggests armour and Stukas - ie 'Blitzkrieg' - rather than troops at barricades in Warsaw.

Jan-Hendrik · Post by **Jan-Hendrik** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:50 am

Pz I& II and/or horses would have looked more realistical

Most german units were (hot.), not (mot.)

Jan-Hendrik

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:19 am

I agree.

Not as dramatic a cover though. Got to think about those sales.

I forget the statistics, but I think there were marginally more Pz IVs than IIIs in Poland, but Pz I was the most numerous by far.

Njorl · Post by **Njorl** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:03 am

I'm not very much into German armour but these tanks look like Pz IIIs with 5 cm KwK and add-on extra armour, which were introduced much later.

I'd rather see Pz IV with short-barelled 7.5 cm cannon or formation of several Pz Is or IIs - of course with white crosses on front armour plate.

Regards,
Michal Jungiewicz

Marc Rikmenspoel · Post by **Marc Rikmenspoel** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:30 am

Agreed, it is a nice image, and it will sell the book (which is what matters), but the add-on armor only came after facing British 2-Pounders in North Africa. Those fired solid shot, and that shot wasted most of its power against the outer armor, and was likely to break up when it encountered the main armor. The 5cm kurz main armament was first introduced in 1940, but only became widespread during 1941.

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:03 pm

I'm a little loathe to tell the publishers to ditch the artwork (not least as they'll probably say "no") but it is a little frustrating as I sent a disc full of authentic images from the Polish campaign...

Guess I'll have to don my tin helmet and absorb the Flak

ericv · Post by **ericv** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:58 pm

Well personally, i tend to skip the flashy covers and would buy the book next to it : A black (or other single-color) cover with a single white sentence : "The German invasion of poland by Richard Hargreaves"..

(its a youth trauma i think: In my younger days i bought to many flashy crap to ever fall for that again. Even if i know the author to be a good one. )

Benoit Douville · Post by **Benoit Douville** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:12 pm

Richard,

What an awesome cover! Let me know in september when the book is gona be available to purchase.

Regards

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:54 am

ericv wrote:Well personally, i tend to skip the flashy covers and would buy the book next to it : A black (or other single-color) cover with a single white sentence : "The German invasion of poland by Richard Hargreaves"..

As long as the next book isn't by Franz K or Charles Whiting, I can live with that

ericv · Post by **ericv** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:27 pm

It's gonna be your book with its cover painted black.

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:31 am

Andreas over at AHF has very kindly reviewed the book based on a first draft of the manuscript (which doesn't differ much at all from the finished book, except for the lack of maps and images).

http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=9082

Benoit Douville · Post by **Benoit Douville** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:58 pm

That's a very interesting review. I can't wait until september.

Regards

Feldgrau.net

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