Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)

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Here Luck established himself under General Hasso von Manteuffel's Fifth Panzer Army operating in the Lorraine area and eventually defending the Siegfried Line. The book ends up with Col Luck getting released from Russian Prison camp after spending harrowing 5 years as POW and trying to start a new life in post war Germany. In the beginning of July Luck's Kampfgruppe were further augmented with the arrival of Heavy Tank Battalion 503 equipped with Tiger I tanks.

Interestingly, during the section covering his time in the gulag he gives his account in third person, we not I, shared suffering and endurance. Daglish also wrote that Luck's account of the placement of the guns "is imprecise" and "expert analysis of aerial photographs of the area taken at midday . I am no doubt prejudiced as 21st Panzer was the bain of our lives in the 3rd British Infantry Division, who I was proud to be with in Normandy. Pogotovo kratki intervjui sa nemačkim vojnicima iz Normandije, koje je autor radio 10 godina posle rata, mnogo realnije opisuju motivaciju tih vojnika. this a great read and gives a point of view from the german soldiers side that makes you realise that not all germans were bad.I can't help thinking he would be disappointed by the direction things have taken in Europe today, that lessons have not been learned, or, forgotten, as the Second World War recedes from popular memory.

Autobiografía del Oberst der Panzerwaffe Hans von Luck que, tras comenzar hablando de la parte final de su cautiverio en manos rusos tras la guerra, nos muestra su juventud, su formación militar y, a partir de ahí, la parte del león que consiste en su intervención en los combates de la Segunda Guerra Mundial para, después, contarnos su destino al terminar ésta.He has emotional reunions with old fighting comrades and fellow POW camp survivors who share a common feeling of solidarity.