Panzer Gunner
Download or Read eBook Panzer Gunner PDF written by Bruno Friesen and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Bruno Friesen |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2009-07-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781461751427 |
ISBN-13 | : 146175142X |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Panzer Gunner by : Bruno Friesen
Book excerpt: Unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division What it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front Details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father in hopes of a better life. Friesen was drafted into the Wehrmacht three years later and ended up in the 7th Panzer Division. Serving as a gunner in a Panzer IV tank and then a Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer, Friesen experienced intense combat against the Soviets in Romania, Lithuania, and West Prussia.