Panzer Ace

The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy

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Panzer Ace

By: Richard Freiherr von Rosen, Robert Forczyk

Narrated by: Nigel Patterson

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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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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.