<li>The story of one of the most successful and decorated tank commanders of all time </li>
<li>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.
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MICHAEL WITTMANN AND THE WAFFEN SS TIGER COMMANDERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE IN WWII, Vol. 1 (Stackpole Military History) (Volume 1)

History

Agte, Patrick

Europe

Stackpole Books

<li>Accounts of what it was like to command a tank in combat </li>
<li>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.</li>

MICHAEL WITTMANN AND THE WAFFEN SS TIGER COMMANDERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE IN WWII, Vol. 2 (Stackpole Military History) (Volume 2)

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 1 covers the Eastern Front, where Wittmann racked up more than 100 kills and participated in the Battle of Kursk in 1943.

Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII (Volume 1)

German panzer commander Michael Wittmann is one of the most famous so-called "tank aces" of World War II, credited in some accounts with more than 250 Allied vehicles destroyed. This continuation of his story follows Wittmann and Waffen-SS armor into Normandy, where he entered military history legend and became a cult hero in Nazi propaganda for his ambush of British tanks at Villers Bocage on June 13, 1944. Wittmann was killed in combat two months later. Patrick Agte's account relies on official documents, newspaper clippings, orders of battle, and maps to reconstruct the final months of Wittmann's career. In the years since 1945, Wittmann's reputation has come under question, not only because of his affiliation with the Waffen-SS and his portrayal by the Nazi propaganda machine, but also because of historians' reassessments of his actual tactical skills. Stackpole republishes this volume in the spirit of contributing to this reevaluation of Michael Wittmann and of "knowing the enemy." Book jacket.

Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII, Volume 2, 2021 Edition

BRAND NEW Oversized Hardcover - 670 pp - over 800 black and white photographs - The definitive biography of one of Hitler's most feared and victorious commanders

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Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Fedorowicz (J.J.),Canada