SS Panzer SS Voices Eyewitness Panzer Crews From Barbarossa to Berlin eBook Sprech History
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“My next round went straight into the Sherman’s hull . . . within seconds, flaming gasoline was pouring out, burning white and orange . . .”
“We shot at the Russian tanks when they came out of the dust cloud . . . the T34 exploded like a rotten fruit . . . engine, turret and deck all going in different directions, with the crew torn apart likewise . . .”
Told by the men who fought in the tanks, with all the searing aggression and violence that they experienced . . . these are the shocking first-hand stories of the SS panzer troops themselves. The crews of the Panzer IV, the Stug, the Panther, Jagdtiger, Tiger and King Tiger . . . the authentic voices of the gunners, commanders and drivers who fought some of the deadliest battles in human history.
In 1962, German researchers conducted a series of interviews with former members of the Waffen SS panzer troops who had fought in World War 2. The intention was to probe the SS veterans' motivations and psychology, but the men were unwilling to discuss these matters in depth.
They were prepared, however, to describe their combat experiences - and they gave astonishing accounts of tank battles in Operation Barbarossa, Normandy, Italy, the Russian Front, the massive conflict at Kursk, the Ardennes and during the final apocalyptic battles against the Soviets within the Reich and for Berlin itself.
These were men whose memories of battle were still vivid, and they were ready to relate the physical details of combat – the violent sights, sounds, and sensations of tank fighting, the weapons and tactics that they used, their triumphs and humiliations.
Told in ice-cold, clinical detail, with phenomenal drama and sense of crisis, these first-hand accounts stand out today as one of the most remarkable testimonies to the experience of tank warfare in WW2. They will fascinate anyone interested in tank combat, the Waffen SS and the use of armor from 1941 to 1945.
This book has the complete set of interviews from Books 1 and 2 of this series, with accounts of tank battles in
Operation Barbarossa (Panzer IV)
Onslaught in the East (Stug III)
Kursk (Tiger I)
Italy (Elefant and Panther)
Normandy (Panther)
The Ardennes (Jagdtiger)
Prussia (Stug IV)
Berlin (King Tiger and Wirbelwind)
A unique and shocking insight into panzer warfare in all its horrors.
SS Panzer SS Voices Eyewitness Panzer Crews From Barbarossa to Berlin eBook Sprech History
Some incredible stories of the survivors of tank battles and engagements in WWII. Interesting reading and the writing is not "blood and gore" stuff - rather a factual description of what actually happened - many died in these engagements. Tank crews are very brave - if their tank does get hit by an incoming shell, the shell can bounce off, penetrate the interior and kill the crew, or put the tracks out of action. If the crew survives a hit, they have to get out and run before it blows up. Then they can get machine-gunned by the other tank. I found the descriptions of tanks, anti-tank weapons, and defences against tanks (at the battle of Kursk) to be absorbing reading. The writer did not get much personal information or opinions from the SS Panzer crews and commanders, they were extremely reluctant to comment on non-technical subjective issues.Product details
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I found the transcribed stories from the German point of view very enlightening. The downside is, I purchased 3 "books" from this series and many of the stories are passed around from book to book. It appears to be a way for taking the material from one book and "recycling it" through three books... not a good move from the consumer’s point of view.
This book shares a realism that makes the reader feel you know exactly what it was like for these soldiers, even the practical way in which they responded to the interviews years after the war.
The intensity of the war is palpable
I am a reader quite addicted to WW11. This book is incredibly graphic and interesting, bringing close the German side of Panzer warfare. It covers many battle fronts, and all the information comes from interviewing German Panzer crews. Their descriptive narrative gives an up close view of the war from their perspective. It also offers information about the Germans' feelings about the need for the war. of the war.
Reading the first person accounts of soldiers on "the other side" and finding out what they thought they were doing gave a lot of balance to what I had read so much of previously about our soldiers and what they experienced. A riveting read! War IS hell has new meaning for me after reading about these Germans on the Russian front. Amazing savagery.
I found this book to be very interesting. Views that we never hear of. The Germans built powerful war machines and their military were so dedicated.
My opinion is that the Germans had developed a very sophisticated propaganda machine as well.
They had better war machines than we or the Russians had, at least at first and kicked butt! What a terrible loss of life on both sides! Difficult to imagine!
There is something fishy about this publisher and about this book. The eye-witness accounts are very similar; the interviewer's question are a bit... unprofessional, like they didn't know what they were doing; and the action is cinematic. If this were classified as fiction I would award it 3.5 stars, because it's good enough, although repetitive. Since it is regarded as "historical non-fiction" I downgrade it to 2 stars because it tries to sell it for something it's not. Which I don't like a bit. At least it's an okay value for money you don't pay that much for a couple hundred of pages which would, at least, I think raise your interest in proper WW2 memoirs.
IT sounds like the truth because I heard similar stories from German vets. One of them killed himself in the Early 1980's at the Panzer Kaserne where I was stationed from 1981 to 1985. They guy had survived the eastern front 3 years, was part of the 6th Army, captured, stayed in a Russian Gulag for 8 years and had constant nightmares. He finally couldn't take it anymore and ended his life. Anyone stationed there knew about this guy that worked at the ammo dump and it made all kinds of headlines.
Some incredible stories of the survivors of tank battles and engagements in WWII. Interesting reading and the writing is not "blood and gore" stuff - rather a factual description of what actually happened - many died in these engagements. Tank crews are very brave - if their tank does get hit by an incoming shell, the shell can bounce off, penetrate the interior and kill the crew, or put the tracks out of action. If the crew survives a hit, they have to get out and run before it blows up. Then they can get machine-gunned by the other tank. I found the descriptions of tanks, anti-tank weapons, and defences against tanks (at the battle of Kursk) to be absorbing reading. The writer did not get much personal information or opinions from the SS Panzer crews and commanders, they were extremely reluctant to comment on non-technical subjective issues.
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