Panzer Ace by Richard Freiherr von Rosen, Robert Forczyk
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Panzer Ace
- The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
- By: Richard Freiherr von Rosen, Robert Forczyk
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Military & War
Publisher's Summary
Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a company of Tigers at Kursk. Later he led a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group (12 King Tigers and a flak company) against the Russians in Hungary in the rank of junior, later senior lieutenant (from November 1944, his final rank). 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 listen to and not technical, and adds substantially to the knowledge of how the German Panzer Arm operated in the Second World War.
©2017 Verlagshaus Würzburg GmbH & Co. KG; English language translation copyright 2018 by Greenhill Books; Robert Forczyk foreword copyright 2018 by Greenhill Books (P)2018 Tantor
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Interesting historical account
Autobiographical account of a tank ace from WW2. Author was obviously a staunch nazi and has glossed over this to record his memoirs. A lot of “not down to me or anything I did” prevails throughout the account. Its worth a read to help understand the view the Nazis had about the justification of their actions. An alarming fact is that this guy became a post WW2 officer of senior rank in the German Army. It is not representative of the behaviour of the German Army in WW2.
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Very disappointed by the narrator
This was a great story, but unfortunately the narration was very poorly done by Nigel
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