Text by Oberst a.D. Helmut Ritgen with original wartime photographs by the author. This well-informed account of the 6th Panzer Division is especially useful because the author fought with the 11th Panzer Regiment. It documents the inception, formation and structure of the division and chronologically follows its progress throughout the war. The text is supported by colour photographs taken by the author during World War II and offers a detailed examination of life in the Panzers whilst simultaneously documenting their relentless progress. Feared by Allied infantrymen and devastating in their swift prosecution of the early war the Panzers were the modern German fighting men; well equipped, superbly motivated and unstoppably successful. Until the Allies were able to consolidate their troops, re-engineer their equipment and redraw their tactics the Panzers dominated Europe with a thunderous conquering power.

The 6th Panzer Division 1937-45 (Vanguard)

History

Ritgen, Helmut

Americas

Osprey_Publishing

Hard cover, small format (6"x9"), 329 pages, 110 photographs, 30 maps and diagrams. Colonel Ritgen is both a combat veteran of WW2 and a noted European battlefield historian. He relates his personal experiences and those of the elite Panzer Lehr Division in Normandy, Falaise, the retreat through France and the battles on the West Wall. In addition, the author sums up the whole strategic picture of the war on the Western Front in 1944 from the German viewpoint. A fascinating account from the German perspective.

The Western Front 1944, Memoirs of a Panzer Lehr Officer

Biographies & Memoirs

J J Fedorowicz Pub

Die Geschichte der Panzer-Lehr-Division im Westen: 1944-1945 (German Edition)

Europe

Motorbuch-Verlag

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