Knights of the Skull is a full-color, graphic non-fiction series chronicling the development of the German Panzer (armored) forces in World War II. Volume 2 starts with the April 1941 Balkans and Greece campaigns, then moves into the planning and early months of Operation Barbarossa - the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. With detailed, and historically accurate illustrations of vehicles,uniforms, locations, and characters, this vivid chronicle of the earlyyears of World War II in Europe is not only an artistic look at the war,but is also a concise history of Germany's influential approach toarmored warfare. Tactics developed and executed during Germany's 1939-41campaigns changed warfare forever, and were honed throughout theremaining years of the war.