Episode 008 - Panther Part VII

On the eighth episode of The Panzer Podcast we'll be diving into the Panther Ausführung G-- the final and most produced Panther tank during the war-- we'll have a chance to explore the who, what, why, and when of the last variation as well as it's not-so-humble beginnings as the Panther II. Which yes, we will side quest our way through the Panther II into the Panther G, while also touching on the effects of the Holocaust and Nazi Forced labor within the armaments industry and how that directly affected the Panther program, especially so late in the war. We also get a chance to discuss the Kazakh Dandelion and other various rubber pursuits. Buckle up, this episode is a long one! Enjoy! -John Burgess [email protected] So, my sources list was beginning to get too long, so instead I've decided to start including any new sources that I have added because of the episode. I include a whole lot of sources in each episode because within each episode I am pulling my notes from all of the books that I've read to get this series underway. So if you would like to check the full source list, you can go back to each episode description to see where I've left off. Going back to episode 007, all of my sources there is the complete list so far. I am now going to add the additional books I've used in this episode, and will continue to, going forward, always add new additional sources to each episode if they have not been listed previously. Additional Sources Include: "The I.Abteilung/Panzer-Regiment 4 in Italy 1944-1945" by Martin Block and John Nelson, “A World History of Rubber: Empire, Industry and the Everyday” by Stephen Harp, “The Devil’s Milk: A Social History of Rubber” by John Tully, “The Battle for Rubber in the Second World War” by William Clarence-Smith, “Forced Laborers in the Third Reich” by Ulrich Herbert, "Less than Slaves: Jewish Forced Labor" by Benjamin Ferencz, "Arbeitslager Zement" by Florian Freund, "Industry and Ideology: IG Farben in the Nazi Era" by Peter Hayes, "Vernichtung durch Arbeit" by Hermann Kaienburg, and "German Military Transport of World War Two", by John Milsom.