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Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII
Volume Two follows Michael Wittmann and his unit into Normandy to defend against the Allied invasion. A week after D-Day, Wittmann achieved his greatest success. On June 13, 1944, near Villers Bocage, the panzer ace and his crew attacked a British armored unit, single-handedly destroying more than a dozen tanks and preventing an enemy breakthrough. The exploit made Wittmann a national hero in Germany and a legend in the annals of war. He was killed two months later while attempting to repulse an Allied assault, but the book continues beyond his death until the Leibstandarte's surrender.
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Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII
Volume Two follows Michael Wittmann and his unit into Normandy to defend against the Allied invasion. A week after D-Day, Wittmann achieved his greatest success. On June 13, 1944, near Villers Bocage, the panzer ace and his crew attacked a British armored unit, single-handedly destroying more than a dozen tanks and preventing an enemy breakthrough. The exploit made Wittmann a national hero in Germany and a legend in the annals of war. He was killed two months later while attempting to repulse an Allied assault, but the book continues beyond his death until the Leibstandarte's surrender.
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Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII

Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII

by Patrick Agte
Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII
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Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII

Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII

by Patrick Agte

Overview

Volume Two follows Michael Wittmann and his unit into Normandy to defend against the Allied invasion. A week after D-Day, Wittmann achieved his greatest success. On June 13, 1944, near Villers Bocage, the panzer ace and his crew attacked a British armored unit, single-handedly destroying more than a dozen tanks and preventing an enemy breakthrough. The exploit made Wittmann a national hero in Germany and a legend in the annals of war. He was killed two months later while attempting to repulse an Allied assault, but the book continues beyond his death until the Leibstandarte's surrender.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811743365
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 08/25/2006
Series: Stackpole Military History Series , #2
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 480
File size: 26 MB
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About the Author

Patrick Agte has written a biography of another renowned tank commander, Jochen Peiper (0-921991-46-0).

Table of Contents

The Allied Landing in Normandy 1

"But I Knew That It Absolutely Had to Be": The Battle of Villers-Bocage 17

Fighting on the Villers-Bocage-Caen Road 67

Operation "Epsom," 26-28 June 1944 91

The Fourth Battle of Caen, 4-10 July 1944 123

Operation "Goodwood": The English Move South, 18-20 July 1944 135

Operation "Totalize," 8-11 August 1944 143

Battles Northeast of Falaise, 9-16 August 1944 197

The End of the Normandy Campaign 213

Reorganization of the 101st SS Panzer Battalion, 28 September-1 December 235

The Ardennes Offensive, 16 December 1944-24 January 1945 269

The Defensive Battle in Hungary and Austria 337

Epilogue 371

Index 373

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