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

by Patrick Agte

Overview

German Panzer ace Michael Wittmann was by far the most famous tank commander on any side in World War II, destroying 138 enemy tanks and 132 anti-tank guns with his Tiger. This classic of armored warfare is both combat biography and unit history, as Patrick Agte focuses on the life and career of Wittmann but also includes his fellow Tiger commanders in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. Volume 1 covers the Eastern Front, where Wittmann racked up more than 100 kills and participated in the Battle of Kursk in 1943.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811739320
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2021
Edition description:	2021 Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Patrick Agte has written a biography of another renowned tank commander, Jochen Peiper.

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