Tiger Battalion 507: Eyewitness Accounts from Hitler's Regiment

Written by:
Helmut Schneider
Narrated by:
Chris Macdonnell

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
10
Narrator
2
Release Date
August 2020
Duration
6 hours 55 minutes
Summary
This is the little-known story of Heavy Panzer (Tiger) Battalion 507 told through the recollections of the men who fought with the unit.

The book was conceived during a reunion of the '507' at Rohrdorf in 1982, where it was agreed to set up an editorial committee under Helmut Schneider, himself a veteran of the battalion, to search for as many survivors of the unit as possible and gather their reminiscences. The resulting account is a treasure trove of first-hand material, including personal memories, diary entries, and letters.

The account follows the unit from its formation in 1943 and the catastrophic events on the Eastern Front, through battles on the Western Front and engagements against the American 3rd Armoured Division to the confusion of retreat, panic-stricken flight and Soviet captivity in the closing stages of the war. Honest and unflinching, this remarkable collection of autobiographies offers a glimpse into life in Hitler's panzer division and is a stark testimony of a generation that sacrificed its best years to the war.
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Jim P.

Great historical record of different battles but no first hand day to day record of what it was really like. They just recited facts of how many were killed and how many they lost and where. Nothing about what it was like or what they thought. I’d recommend Otto Carius or Red Blood Snow. Those are hard core

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