Panzer Operations The Eastern Front Memoir of General Erhard Raus, 1941-1945

A significant postwar memoir written by one of Nazi Germany's foremost field commanders and panzer tank generals German general Erhard Raus was one of the most talented commanders to fight on the Eastern Front in Russia, where he was eventually appointed to army group command in early 1945. By the time the war ended, Raus had established a reputation as one of the German army's foremost tacticians of armoured warfare, which made him a prize capture by the U.S. Army intelligence. In American captivity, Raus wrote a detailed memoir of his service in Russia. His battlefield experience and keen tactical eye makes his memoir especially valuable. The Raus memoir - now translated, compiled, and edited by prominent World War II historian Steven H. Newton - covers the Russian campaign from the first day of the war to his being relieved of his command at Hitler's order in the spring of 1945. It includes a detailed examination of Raus's 6th Panzer Division's drive to Leningrad, his experiences in the Soviet winter counteroffensive around Moscow, the unsuccessful attempt to relieve Stalingrad and the final desperate battles inside Germany at the end of the war.

Erhard Raus, Steven H. Newton (Translator) 
Softcover 384 pages Da Capo Press  2005

 

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Book Code:  SA0037