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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.
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About Richard Freiherr von Rosen
Richard Freiherr von Rosen (1922–2015) served as a gunlayer on a Panzer tank during Operation Barbarossa, led a company of Tigers at Kursk, led a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy, and in late 1944 commanded a battle group against the Russians in Hungary.
About Nigel Patterson
Nigel Patterson, British audiobook narrator and AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has many credits as a stage, screen, and voiceover actor that influence his powerful characterization across a broad range of genres. A graduate of the University of Oxford, he is fluent in French and Spanish.