Table of Contents
Publisher's Acknowledgments ix
Foreword to the English-Language Edition xi
Dedication xiii
Foreword to the German Edition xv
The Fatherland Calls 1
In Napoleon's Wake 5
The First T34s 10
Back With the Old Gang 12
A Catastrophe 14
In Brittany 19
Portrait of the "Tiger" 21
On an Express Train to the Leningrad Front 25
Defensive Battle at Newel 33
Retreat to the Narwa 44
"Old Fritz" 53
The Front Held at Narwa 61
Calm Before the Storm 73
Ivan Attacks 84
Mutiny in the Bunker 97
"Operation Strachwitz" 100
The Night Was Hell 109
Fact or Fiction? 112
In Praise of the "Tiger" 117
Failure and Farewell 120
Knights Cross at the Hospital 137
The German Fighters Didn't Show 146
"Report immediately to the unit" 151
Refusal to Obey Orders 153
Defensive Fighting at Dünaburg 162
The Ambush 166
A Fateful Difference of Opinion 174
Knocking on Death's Door! 180
Rapid Recovery in the Hospital 189
A Visit with Heinrich Himmler 194
The Catastrophe Looms 203
The Ruhr Pocket 206
The Chaos Grows 212
A Strange City Commandant 216
Approaching the End 222
The Heathens are Often the Better Christians 226
In Closing 228
Afterword to the English-Language Edition 229
Glossary 232
Documents:
Notes to First Six Documents 238
Document 1 After-Action Report 239
Document 2 Technical After-Action Report 248
Document 3 After-Action Report for the Period from March 17 to 21, 1944 256
Document 4 Secret 260
Document 5 After-Action Report on the Employment of the staff, 2nd Company, and 3rd Company of the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion in the Area of the 18th Army in the Period from June 24 to 30, 1944 263
Document 6 After-Action Report on the Employment of the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion in the 16th Army Sector from July 4 to August 17, 1944 275
Appendix 310
Index 361
Maps:
Map 1 32
Map 2 62
Map 3 Attack against the "Judennase" 138
