Description:
Panzer commanders recounts the career of a decorated Wehrmacht officer who led King Tiger units from Barbarossa to Normandy, offering vivid, nontechnical battlefield insight and consequences.
Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. His memoirs are richly illustrated with contemporary photographs, including key confrontations of World War II.
Only 489 of these King Tiger tanks were ever built. They were the most powerful heavy tanks to see service, and only one kind of shell could penetrate their armor at a reasonable distance. Every effort had to be made to retrieve any of them bogged down or otherwise immobilized, which led to many towing adventures. The author has a fine memory and eye for detail. His account is easy to read and not technical, and adds substantially to the knowledge of how the German Panzer Arm operated in the Second World War.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: "This book will make for an excellent read for those that enjoy memoirs of soldiers exploits on the battlefield and there time in World War Two. Tons of pictures of various Panzers and other German military vehicles and equipment that will sure to please the modeller. Recommended"-- "InScale"