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Panzer Ace
- The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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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.
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- Jim Danger Horne
- 15-12-2019
Excellent first hand account
This book is well written and performed. An exciting and personal account of his experiences. It's great to hear how some of the best Panzers (tanks) in the world performed in battle in good days and in bad, when the German front collapsed in 1944-45.
My only criticism is not from the author but from the forward, the forward gives way to many spoilers I would recommend to skip the first forward, the second forward from the author is no problem.
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- Trev Boyd
- 05-05-2021
An incredible journey
This memoir of a young German tank commander in WW 2 is an incredible and interesting story of survival.
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- John Shoemark
- 30-07-2019
A Cracking Read!
What a cracking book! All the adventure, military action and derring do of an action novel but it's all true.
As a wargamer I gained many ideas for games.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-03-2019
Fabulous story!
This was a great story and the narrator rant did it justice. I thoroughly loved listening and found myself wanting to listen to it all the time
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- James Gilbert
- 21-09-2022
What a great story.
I loved this. The author gives a great insight to lives of German tank crews.
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- Liesl Nel
- 09-11-2024
Extremely honest
Extremely honest and educating, a must read. Highly recommend and very well read and written.
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-05-2021
Fantastic reflections of an 18yr old going to war.
Simple, honest view from a young soldier who fought on both fronts in Tigers and King Tigers
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- Hamish
- 10-08-2018
Outstanding Account of the Panzer War.
Great book that offered some interesting insights. It had a little more detail than many accounts which are just too big picture, though perhaps still not quite enough. Pretty well balanced though.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-10-2021
from the other side
was a good read to hear it from a true German officer that wasn't part of the reich
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- S. Herod
- 10-03-2019
A compelling insight and a unique piece of history
Some other reviewers complain about the lack of description of combat, but that feels like demanding someones personal history be turned into a video game for entertainment purposes.
Like many other German histories, theirs a strong claim to innocence in relation to National Socialism. I'm starting to wonder if there were any Nazi's in WW2. But that aside, his recounting of the training and daily routine of a Panzer unit is compelling.
If you are a military history buff looking for something quite different to the ordinary, you need to read this one.
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