General George S. Patton is the U.S. Army's most famous tank commander, yet his tanks seldom fought large-scale battles against German tanks during World War II. Based on newly discovered American and German records and heavily illustrated with maps and photographs, Patton versus the Panzers reconstructs this little-known but important clash of armor. Acclaimed armor expert Steven Zaloga explores this battle in unprecedented detail and explains how and why American tanks and tank commanders defeated the vaunted German panzer force.