Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)

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Through the winter of 1931−1932, Luck attended a nine-month course for officer cadets, led by then Captain Erwin Rommel, at the infantry school in Dresden.

They were the most powerful heavy tanks to see service, and only one kind of shell could penetrate their armor at a reasonable distance. His unit was considered somewhat elite – the Tigers were few and valuable, so they were moved around continually to support troops under heavy pressure from the Red Army.Many similar acts of "humanity" are present in the book, amounting to a distorted image of the German fighting men. If you haven't played Panzer Commander or want to try this simulation video game, download it now for free! Author Richard Rosen wrote and kept a wartime diary, and that diary was eventually transformed by him (and by author/translator Robert Forczyk) into this book. Fighting as a tanker meant daily actions needed to be taken to keep the tanks running by the crew and that involved a lot of effort, especially on the Eastern Front.

By December 21, 1941, when the Red Army had turned the tide of the German advance and the invaders were enduring the harsh conditions of the Russian winter, Leutnant Sander starts to doubt the Nazi cause. He was assigned to SS Panzer Regiment 1, a tank unit, where he commanded a StuG III assault gun/tank destroyer as well as a Panzer III medium tank. Leutnant Sander lost faith in the German war machine after cracking under the gut-wrenching scenes during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Wittmann became a cult figure after the war thanks to his accomplishments as a " panzer ace" (a highly decorated tank commander) in the portrayal of the Waffen-SS in popular culture.The objective of Panzer Commander is to manage the supply lines and resources required for a successful tank assault-- ultimately leading to victory over the enemy. Hans–Ulrich Freiherr von Luck und Witten (15 July 1911 – 1 August 1997), usually shortened to Hans von Luck, was a German officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Since November Rommel had requested Luck be transferred to Africa to take over command of one of his reconnaissance battalions. Hitler saw the Soviet Union as his natural enemy and aimed to destroy its armies, capture its vast economic resources and enslave its population. Daglish also wrote that Luck's account of the placement of the guns "is imprecise" and "expert analysis of aerial photographs of the area taken at midday .

With an unverified record of 130 tanks destroyed, [61] Wittman may have been Germany's top tank ace; [62] although it is possible his tally might have been surpassed by Kurt Knispel. Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. SSI), the game leaves players in command of World War II-era Panzer tanks on the Eastern Front in 1941. Wittmann became a cult figure after the war thanks to his accomplishments as a " panzer ace" (a highly decorated tank commander), part of the portrayal of the Waffen-SS in popular culture. There are twelve tanks representing Russia, including T-34 and KV-1, and twelve tank types representing Germany, including PzKpfw III and PzKpfw IV.Luck's father, Otto von Luck, served in the Imperial German Navy and died during July 1918 of an influenza virus. The diaries are so powerful, so vivid and so rich that interviews with historians, presenters and re-enactment are all unnecessary. During the ambush, anti-tank shells fired from Canadian tanks penetrated the upper hull of Wittmann's tank, igniting the ammunition. In a 1985 issue of After the Battle Magazine, Les Taylor, a wartime member of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, claimed that fellow yeoman Joe Ekins was responsible for the destruction of Wittmann's tank.