{"product_id":"panzer-ace-richard-freiherr-von-rosen-9781784382667","title":"Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy","description":"Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. His memoirs are richly illustrated with contemporary photographs, including key confrontations of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter 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.) \u2028\u003cbr\u003eOnly 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery 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 read and not technical, and adds substantially to the knowledge of how the German Panzer Arm operated in the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Freiherr Von Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784382663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784382667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenhill Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Richard Freiherr Von Rosen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042864328959,"sku":"9781784382667","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b9834df-2e7f-4bc4-82b0-a7fef16c0e62.jpg?v=1684963970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/panzer-ace-richard-freiherr-von-rosen-9781784382667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}