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Panzer Ace

By: Richard Freiherr von Rosen, Robert Forczyk
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
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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.

©2017 Verlagshaus Würzburg GmbH & Co. KG; English language translation copyright 2018 by Greenhill Books; Robert Forczyk foreword copyright 2018 by Greenhill Books (P)2018 Tantor

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Amazing!

I really enjoyed this one, good story and interesting facts.
Liked hearing from a German perspective.

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spent most of his time in hospitals.

very little detail given. contradicts himself a lot. says he was always leading. but was always going on about his men report to him on something so he could make a decision. if he was leading he would not need this. he was surprised the French disliked him. with all the time he spent on rail networks, as it's the only way to transport tanks, he says he was unaware of the transport of prisoners and why. never once mentioned killings of military prisoners. think he might have been telling pork pies... the performance was like Hello hello

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Superb

So rare that the narration adds to the content but this is a marvellous account of a very brave and good man.

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Gripping

Gripping account of a panzer soldier who worked his way up the ranks serving in Russia and Normandy and an account after the war great listen a must for ww2 fan !

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Great story, poorly narrated

A fascinating story of a front line Panzer commander.
The story suffers from the performance of the narrator.
His voice is monotone and fails to capture the horror of war.

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Military History

This book gives a perfect understanding of war from a very personal perspective. Highly recommend.

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compelling story from a very young tank officer

It was a very exciting story, from the other side. Not to long, not to short.

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A good story

Germans are not good at writing war recollections as they read like a computer program but this isn’t too bad. Worth the time to listen.

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The honest tale of what the majority of young Germans endured.

An honest tale of a brave man who entered the war with naiive understanding of what the war was for.

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from assistant gunner to Tiger Tank CO

this book provided a refreshing change from the other German war memoirs, while very interesting most are difficult towards the final couple years. somehow the author and his rise through the Panzer ranks remained incredibly upbeat despite all the difficulties. there was quite a lot of gaps in emotion though, where it felt as though he was reading back from a diary that didn't always hold much sentiment (4 tanks got stuck in the mud near XYZ town, had to send recovery crane to help) was an oft repeated line, but the rest, the people he met, mostly civilian hosts, his Normandy battles, and hiding in railway tunnels etc, very much enjoyed.
it's a shame he wasn't able to finish up with a brief summary of his pals who's "wherefores unknown" at the end of the war, yet he had setup a reunion than "continues to this day" (at time of writing). I wanted to know if some of his friends also made it back from the Eastern front in the final weeks that he avoided through injury - something that weighed heavy on him at the time.

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