The story of one of the most successful and decorated tank commanders of all time Contains maps, official documents, newspaper clippings, and orders of battle German Panzer ace Michael Wittmann was by far the most famous tank commander on any side in World War II, destroying 138 enemy tanks and 132 anti-tank guns with his Tiger. This classic of armored warfare is both combat biography and unit history, as Patrick Agte focuses on the life and career of Wittmann but also includes his fellow Tiger commanders in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. Volume One covers the Eastern Front, where Wittmann racked up more than 100 kills and participated in the Battle of Kursk in 1943.
Michael Wittmann e i comandanti dei Tiger delle Waffen SS Leibstandarte nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale Serie
Questa serie si addentra nel brutale mondo della guerra corazzata sul Fronte Orientale della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Segue le gesta di comandanti d'élite di carri armati Tiger della divisione Leibstandarte SS e le loro battaglie incessanti contro le forze alleate. Con strategie dettagliate, resoconti personali e documenti storici, questa raccolta offre uno sguardo crudo e avvincente sui momenti cruciali del conflitto. È una lettura essenziale per gli appassionati di storia militare e di storie di combattimento con i carri armati.



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Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII, Volume 1, 2021 Edition
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
The story of German Panzer ace Michael Wittmann, one of the most successful and decorated tank commanders in World War II. Contains maps, official documents, newspaper clippings, and orders of battle.
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Accounts of what it was like to command a tank in combat Contains maps, official documents, newspaper clippings, and orders of battle Volume Two follows Michael Wittmann and his unit into Normandy to defend against the Allied invasion. A week after D-Day, Wittmann achieved his greatest success. On June 13, 1944, near Villers Bocage, the panzer ace and his crew attacked a British armored unit, single-handedly destroying more than a dozen tanks and preventing an enemy breakthrough. The exploit made Wittmann a national hero in Germany and a legend in the annals of war. He was killed two months later while attempting to repulse an Allied assault, but the book continues beyond his death until the Leibstandarte's surrender.