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Panzer commander : the memoirs of Hans von Luck

Personal account of the war and the soldiers that the author fought against and the terrain he fought on.

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  • "Personal account of the war and the soldiers that the author fought against and the terrain he fought on."@en
  • "Panzer Commander is one of the classic memoirs of the Second World War. A professional soldier, Hans von Luck joined the Panzerwaffe in its earliest days, where he served under Erwin Rommel, and went on to fight in the Blitzkrieg in Poland, France and the Soviet Union. He then served with the Afrika Korps in the Western Desert, and tells of the sometimes chivalrous relationship with the British 8th Army. After the collapse in Africa, he returned to Europe and fought throughout the Normandy campaign, and was responsible for the failure of the British breakout attempt, Operation 'Goodwood'. He th."@en
  • "A stunning look at World War II from the other side ... From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Poland, Belgium, Normandy on D-Day, the disastrous Russian front--von Luck fought there with some of the best soldiers in the world. German soldiers. Awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Knight's Cross, von Luck writes as an officer and a gentleman. Told with the vivid detail of an impassioned eyewitness, his rare and moving memoir has become a classic in the literature of World War II, a first-person chronicle of the glory--and the inevitable tragedy--of a superb soldier fighting Hitler's war."@en

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  • "Erlebnisbericht"@en
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Personal narratives"
  • "Personal narratives"@en
  • "Autobiographie"@en
  • "Autobiographie"
  • "Biographie 1939-1945"
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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en

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  • "Panzer Commander : the memoirs of colonel Hans von Luck"
  • "Panzer commander : the memoirs of Hans von Luck"
  • "Panzer commander : the memoirs of Hans von Luck"@en
  • "Mit Rommel an der Front : Stationen eines bewegten Lebens"
  • "Panzer commander : the memoirs of colonel Hans von Luck"
  • "Panzer Commander the Memoirs of Hans von Luck"@en
  • "Panzer commander : the memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck"
  • "Panzer commander : the memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck"@en
  • "Mit Rommel an der Front [Stationen eines bewegten Lebens]"
  • "Panzer commander : the memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck; introd. by Stephen E. Ambrose"
  • "Panzer Commander : the memoirs of Hans von Luck"
  • "Mit Rommel an der Front"
  • "Panzer commander the memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck"
  • "Panzer commander the memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck"@en
  • "Savojo laiko belaisvis Vermachto karininko atsiminimai"
  • "Panzer Commander"