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Tigers in Normandy 1944
* Why were the Germans able to move their heavy armour around even under intense Allied air attacks
* How did Michael Wittmann destroy an entire British armoured column?
* What was the Allied weapon that the Germans feared most?
* What modifications did the German armoured divisions make to their Tigers in Normandy?
Tigers in Normandy is a detailed account of the efforts of German Panzer aces to halt the advance of the Allies from the Normandy beaches. Focusing on the battles around Caen in June and July 1944, Tigers in Normandy uses first hand accounts to explain how a small number of heavy tanks, along with their élite crews, managed to delay the Allied advance by more than a month.
* How did Michael Wittmann destroy an entire British armoured column?
* What was the Allied weapon that the Germans feared most?
* What modifications did the German armoured divisions make to their Tigers in Normandy?
Tigers in Normandy is a detailed account of the efforts of German Panzer aces to halt the advance of the Allies from the Normandy beaches. Focusing on the battles around Caen in June and July 1944, Tigers in Normandy uses first hand accounts to explain how a small number of heavy tanks, along with their élite crews, managed to delay the Allied advance by more than a month.
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First published January 1, 2014
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March 14, 2015
Self-published junk for the most part. Done in 12-point font (read: the print was really, really big so that it took up more space on the page) to disguise the fact there is no substance. There were no maps showing any of the unit dispositions or military situations. Not a single one. There was one map of Normandy (which doesn't tell you where Normandy is).
There were three (count 'em) photos, probably taken from Wikipedia, though I note they are attributed to the "Robert Hunt Library" which is probably a clever way of saying Robert Hunt downloaded a bunch of public domain photos from Wikipedia.
Not a single footnote or reference. No useful information despite ostensibly being about "Tigers in Normandy." No order of battle, for example, of Tiger units. No technical details of Tigers. No general information on tactics, the strategic situation in Normandy, German heavy tank doctrine.
I just honestly don't know what it is the book is supposed to be doing, or what it is about, and the anonymous author never actually says. The conclusion makes it clear the author has not read any of the latest research on the Normandy battle - "Stopping the Panzers" by Milner is a good example. This one seems to think the Germans were winning from the start. The 12th SS Panzer Division did dismally, this book thinks they were fantastic. But of course, the only way to buy the book is to go to a website called "German War Machine" to get it.
Oliver Haller's article on "Defeat of the 12th SS" has been floating around for years, describing the interpretations of the 12th SS Panzer Division's operations in the first days of the invasion as a bloody debacle, and Milner only provides further evidence that the Canadians were doing exactly what they intended to do.
And what any of that has to do with "Tigers in Normandy" is a bit beyond me since the 12th SS Panzer was equipped with PzKpfw IV and V tanks anyhow. A small number of Tigers were available as part of KG Wünsche - after the period discussed in the book, according to Zetterling. But the author is aware of this - he not only doesn't mention Tigers in association with the 12th SS, the word "Tiger" doesn't appear until page 24. Not so bad, unless you consider that this is a 49-page book about Tigers. That's half-way through until you see the word.
There were three (count 'em) photos, probably taken from Wikipedia, though I note they are attributed to the "Robert Hunt Library" which is probably a clever way of saying Robert Hunt downloaded a bunch of public domain photos from Wikipedia.
Not a single footnote or reference. No useful information despite ostensibly being about "Tigers in Normandy." No order of battle, for example, of Tiger units. No technical details of Tigers. No general information on tactics, the strategic situation in Normandy, German heavy tank doctrine.
I just honestly don't know what it is the book is supposed to be doing, or what it is about, and the anonymous author never actually says. The conclusion makes it clear the author has not read any of the latest research on the Normandy battle - "Stopping the Panzers" by Milner is a good example. This one seems to think the Germans were winning from the start. The 12th SS Panzer Division did dismally, this book thinks they were fantastic. But of course, the only way to buy the book is to go to a website called "German War Machine" to get it.
Oliver Haller's article on "Defeat of the 12th SS" has been floating around for years, describing the interpretations of the 12th SS Panzer Division's operations in the first days of the invasion as a bloody debacle, and Milner only provides further evidence that the Canadians were doing exactly what they intended to do.
And what any of that has to do with "Tigers in Normandy" is a bit beyond me since the 12th SS Panzer was equipped with PzKpfw IV and V tanks anyhow. A small number of Tigers were available as part of KG Wünsche - after the period discussed in the book, according to Zetterling. But the author is aware of this - he not only doesn't mention Tigers in association with the 12th SS, the word "Tiger" doesn't appear until page 24. Not so bad, unless you consider that this is a 49-page book about Tigers. That's half-way through until you see the word.
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