Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)

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Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives[ The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. In a passage written after he saw colleagues maimed in a minefield, he 'had enough' and wanted to 'scream'

Von Rosen is extremely politically correct - sometimes it's very annoying and hardly realistic. He writes pretty much nothing about the reception on the occupied territories, about such topics like handling POWs, etc.

Zuehlke, Mark (2017) "Heroes and Villains: Radley-Walters & Wittmann", Legion Magazine, August 8, 2017 Georg-Wilhelm Schulz: " Über dem nassen Abgrund". A well-written biography of Wilhelm Schulz, who was Knight's Cross winner and commander of ill-fated U-64 (sunk in Narvik) and famous U-124, later commanding officer of the 6th and 25th Flotillas. Hastings, Max (1999) [1984]. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944. Pan Grand Strategy Series. London: Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-39012-0. The book is not that bad. There are some details, you can imagine how a life a WW2 panzer commander looked alike (and was - sometimes - surprisingly relaxed). However, there are several flaws that are hard to forgive:

This is a detailed and (seemingly) authoritative account of a German tanker across the invasion of Russia, the defence of Normandy, and finally the defence of Hungary. It reads like the author's diary - because it most likely is - and thankfully the language has not been "sexed-up". It's simply a matter-of-fact relation of events. Next, I have to take care of Oberholz. He is still sitting in the driver's seat. Two men then carefully lift him out. Peter-Erich Cremer: " U-333. The Story of a U-Boat Ace". This well-written first-person narrative is about the career of Kptlt. Cremer of U-333 from the first day of World War II until the last.Fritz Brustat-Naval & Reinhard Suhren: " Nasses Eichenlaub". A biography of Reinhard "Teddy" Suhren, winner of the Knight's Cross with Swords and Oak Leaves Cluster as Commander of U-564 and later FdU Barents Sea. Panzer Ace is the WWII memoir of a young man of 18 who joined a Panzer regiment in 1940, starting at the bottom, then when his talent for organisation and leadership shone through, he was promoted. By the war's end he was an Oberleutnant and company commander. I spent a long evening to try to fix it, with no avail. (it seems to be a windows file, not a dos one.) Neillands, Robin (2005) [1995]. The Desert Rats: 7th Armoured Division, 1940–1945. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-84513-115-9.

A destroyed German Panzer tank after it had been blown up in the summer of 1941. Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941 with the aim of invading the Soviet Union to secure future German interests Nicolaus von Below: " At Hitler's Side: The memoires of Hitler's Luftwaffe Adjutant". Von Below was a 29 year old pilot when Goering selected him for the position of Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant. He was with Hilter at every stage of WWII, and his account is a superb source describing life in Hitler's inner circle and at headquarters. He provides fascinating insight into how Hitler planned the invasions of Poland and Russia, what he thought of Britain and America, why he placed his faith in the V-1 and V-2 projects and much more. Von Below was also present at the assassination attempt in July 1944 and records the effect on Hitler and his followers. Von Below was the last of Hitler's close military entourage to emerge from the bunker alive.Parts of Panzer Commander are quite well done. The variety of vehicles is excellent, with more than 20 driveable tanks from Germany, Russia, the United States, and Britain and 28 support vehicles. The terrain modeling is the best of the current crop of tank sims. Erik Wallin: " Twilight of the Gods: A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteers Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, Eastern Front 1944-45". Erik Wallin belonged to an armored recconnaisance battalion of the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland" and in this book he recounts some of his most terrible battles during the last days of the Third Reich. Walter A. Schwarz: " Generalmajor a.D. Alois Windisch: Ein Soldatenleben (1892 - 1958); Mt. Meletta - Narvik". The biography of one of Austria's most decorated soldier of World War II - Generalmajor a.D. Alois Windisch. Windisch started his spectacular World War II career by winning the Ritterkreuz for his successful defence of Norwegian port og Narvik as the Commanding Officer of the 139th Gebirgsjäger-Regiment. Served with the 3rd Gebirgs-Division on the Eismeerfront (Murmansk - Petsamo) until 1943 when he was named for the commander 383rd Grenadier Regiment of the 373rd German-Croatian Legionary Division, 292nd Infantry Division, 281st Sicherungs-Division and from october 1944 onwards he was put in charge of the 264th Infantry Division on the Balkans. Captured in early May 1945, he remained in the Yugoslav captivity until 1953 .... Herbert A. Werner: " Iron Coffins. A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II". The author was commander of 2 U-boats (U-415 and U-953) and spent most of the war at sea surviving longer than most of his less fortunate comrades. Lipej Kolenik: " Mali ljudje na veliki poti: spomini na predvojni, vojni in povojni cas na Koroskem". In his memoires Lipej Kolenik, a Carinthian Slovene, describes the difficult and turmoil life for Slovenes in Austrian Carinthia before, during and after the war. There are included war chapters where he describes his service in the German Wehrmacht in Carinthia (Kärnten), Adriatisches Küstenland (Postumia) and Italy (Monte Cassino). During his military furlough in his native Klagenfurt in 1944, he decides to desert the much hated Wehrmacht and joines the Carinthian partisans, staying with them until the end of World War II.