Panzerkampfgruppe Strachwitz: A Photographic Study of the Battles for the "Ostsack" and "Westsack" Narva 1944
Panzerkampfgruppe Strachwitz: A Photographic Study of the Battles for the "Ostsack" and "Westsack" Narva 1944
J.J.Fedorowich Publishing | 2008 | ISBN-10: 0921991932 | ISBN-13: 978 0921991939 | English | 120 Pages | PDF | 43,4 MB
J.J.Fedorowich Publishing | 2008 | ISBN-10: 0921991932 | ISBN-13: 978 0921991939 | English | 120 Pages | PDF | 43,4 MB
Although many who are familiar with the ferocious fighting on the Eastern Front in World War 2 have heard of the three "Operations Strachwitz" through references and popular accounts, the most popular of which are the memoirs of Tiger ace Otto Carius in his best-selling book,Tigers in the Mud. Few have ever seen much in-depth coverage of the fighting or images of the battle area. All that has changed with Panzerkampfgruppe Strachwitz which not only presents the reader with an overview of the small-unit actions that constituted the fighting associated with these three operations.The images feature the three most famous armoured formations that participated: schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 (Otto Carius' Tiger battalion), the Führer-Begleit-Bataillon (Hitler's headquarters bodyguard consisting of soldiers from Großdeutschland and other named formations) and Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Feldherrnhalle"