CHARGING KNIGHTS ON THE EASTERN FRONT by Dale Richard Ritter

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The Combat History of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505. The unit fought exclusively on the Eastern Front, beginning with Operation Zitadelle in July 1943. It then fought at Rosslawl, and then in the Smolensk-Witebsk-Orscha area from September 1943, until April 1944. It was transferred south into the Kowel area for two months. At the end of June, it returned to the Borisow area, from where it was engaged in a fighting retreat through Minsk and Grodno. At the end of July 1944, it was transported to Ohrdruf for refitting and to train on the Tiger II. At the beginning of September, the Abteilung was shipped to Nasielsk, Poland, where it fought until November 1944. It was then sent to Wirballen and fought in East Prussia until the end of the war, retreating to Pilau in late April 1945. (Published: 2020) (Publisher: J J Fedorowicz) (ISBN: 9781927332108) (Pagination: large format, 400pp, c530 b/w photos, 8 pages colour illustrations) (Condition: new in illustrated boards) UL-XXXXXX