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Panzer Leader: Memoirs of an Armoured Car Commander, 1944–1945

Panzer Leader: Memoirs of an Armoured Car Commander, 1944–1945

The armored reconnaissance units were the spearheads of the Panzer divisions, moving stealthily ahead of the tanks to locate the enemy. Otto Henningâ€™s armored car unit of the elite Panzer-Lehr-Division fought throughout the campaigns in the West in 1944 and 1945, arriving in Normandy a few weeks before D-Day and finally surrendering in the Ruhr pocket in mid-April 1945.

Henning describes the difficulties reconnaissance forces faced in the close terrain of the Normandy bocage and the threat posed by the Alliesâ€™ complete control of the air. He saw the devastation wrought by Michael Wittmannâ€™s lone Tiger tank against the British 7th Armored Division at Villers Bocage, and experienced the chaos and demoralization of the Germansâ€™ retreat across France. After the Battle of the Bulge and the final fighting in western Germany, Henning surrendered and endured terrible conditions in a prisoner-of-war camp until he escaped in 1947.

This is a fascinating and often harrowing account of the final campaigns in Western Europe, and exposes the little-known scandal of the treatment of German prisoners-of-war even after the war had ended.
Country USA
Brand Frontline Books
Manufacturer Frontline Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 16pp of plates
ReleaseDate 2013-10-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781848326910

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