Panzer gunner : from my native Canada to the German Ostfront and back : in action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division, 1944-45 / Bruno Friesen
2019, 2nd edition. Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Co. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391773
ISBN: 9781912866045
Physical description; 220 pp.: illustrations, maps. Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1: Shipped Out to Germany; 2: A Stranger to Deutschland; 3: The First Six Months of My Military Service; 4: 1943- A Year of Panzer Barracks and Intermittent Absences; 5: Becoming, and Being, a Panzer Gunner; 6: Encounters: Travels with and without a Panzerkampfwagen IV; 7: Panzer Battle of Suceava in Northern Romania Early in April of 1944; 8: Tank Warfare in Southern Lithuania in July of 1944; 9: In the Land of the Lithuanians: Panzer Men Away From the Front; 10: Commentary on the Battle-Line Avowal of the Soldiers of the 7th Panzer Division. 11: Narrations Associated with Panzer Men and East Prussia12: Reminiscenes Regarding Soldiers' Songs, Marching Songs, and Decorations Day; 13: The Jagdpanzer IV; 14: Driving the Jagdpanzer IV: Avoiding Transmission Abuse; 15: The Jagdpanzer IV in Winter Warfare in West Prussia; 16: Some Historical Details about the 7th Panzer Division, and Wounded; 17: Making Do in Post-War Germany; 18: Back in Canada; 19: Married in the Absence of Close Relatives; 20: Acquiring a Formal Education and Teaching English at a College; 21: My Retirement and Volunteer Work at the Canadian War Museum. Subjects; Friesen, Bruno 1925-2012. Germany. Heer. Panzer-Regiment, 25. World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories Germany. Tank warfare. Campaigns Eastern Front. Personal narratives. Military campaigns.
Price: €40.00