Panzer Ace
The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
A richly illustrated memoir by highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier-recommended to anyone with an interest in the Panzerwaffe in the Second World War (Recollections of WWII). After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, Richard Freiherr von Rosen led a Company of Tigers at Kursk. Later he led a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group (12 King Tigers and a flak Company) against the Russians in Hungary in the rank of junior, later senior lieutenant (from November 1944, his final rank.) Only 489 of these King Tiger tanks were ever built. They were the most powerful heavy tanks to see s…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78438-268-1
- EAN: 9781784382681
- Produktnummer: 27974295
- Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 408 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 47'306 KB
Über den Autor
Richard Freiherr von Rosen served as a gunlayer on a Panzer tank during Operation Barbarossa; led a company of Tigers at Kursk; a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group against the Russians in Hungary. He was awarded the Iron Cross Class I and II; the German Cross in Gold being the highest Wehrmacht award for bravery, awarded on 28 February 1945; the Panzer Combat Badge II Grade and the Wound Badge in Gold.
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