Knight's Cross Panzers

Hans Schaufler

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Year: 2010
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780811743259
• Subtopic: World War II
• Index: History

• First time in English
• Unit history of a tank regiment on the Eastern Front
• Relies on firsthand accounts, after-action reports, letters, diaries, and newspapers
Join the German soldiers of the 35th Tank Regiment as they drive their tanks into battle from the beginning of World War II to the very end. As part of the 4th Panzer Division, the regiment invaded Poland in 1939, France in 1940, and Russia in 1941. It spent the rest of the war on the Eastern Front, fighting in bloody battles at Orel and Kursk and surrendering in Lithuania.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Campaign against Poland
• Chapter 2 The Campaign in the West
• Chapter 3 The Campaign in the East, 1941
• Chapter 4 Retreat and Defense during the First Russian Winter
• Chapter 5 Russia, 1942–43
• Chapter 6 With the 11 Panzer Division
• Chapter 7 Russia, 1944
• Chapter 8 The Fighting in Kurland
• Chapter 9 The Fighting for West Prussia
• Chapter 10 The Last Days of Panzer-Regiment 35
• Appendix A: Rank Comparisons
• Appendix B: Panzer-Regiment 35 Knight’s Cross to the Iron Cross Recipients
• Appendix C: Details of Some of the Contributors
• Appendix D: The Establishment of Panzer-Regiment 35 in Bamberg
• Appendix E: Listing of Reserve Officers and Reserve Officer Candidates of the Regiment
• Appendix F: Register of Commanders of the 5.Panzer-Brigade and Panzer-Regiment 35 (Starting 1 October 1938)
• Appendix G: Reorganization of Panzer-Regiment 35 (Effective 1 May 1942)
• Appendix H: Battles, Engagements, and Operations of Panzer-Regiment 35
• Appendix I: Battles, Engagements, and Operations of the II./Panzer-Regiment 35 when Redesignated as the III./Panzer-Regiment 15
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