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- Richard Freiherr von Rosen served as a gunlayer on a Panzer tank during Operation Barbarossa; led a company of Tigers at Kursk; a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group against the Russians in Hungary.
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Feb 23, 2018 · Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. His memoirs are richly illustrated with contemporary photographs, including key confrontations of World War II.
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Mar 30, 2018 · A richly illustrated memoir by highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier—“recommended to anyone with an interest in the Panzerwaffe in the Second World War” (Recollections of WWII). After serving as a...
Sep 1, 2013 · In his book "Panzer Ace" baron Richard von Rosen, of noble birth, describes his experiences in the German army as a tank commander in World War II. The book is strongly autobiographical, but it also describes the broader events of the war.
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Jul 9, 2023 · Richard von Rosen did not attempt to write his memoirs until 2013. But using a combination of diaries and letters written home, he was able to produce a remarkably detailed account of his service - first as a panzer gun layer, eventually as a senior lieutenant in command of a King Tiger.
Jul 20, 2020 · Richard Freiherr von Rosen was born into an aristocratic family and was still a schoolboy in Germany when Poland was invaded in 1939. He applied for officer training with the panzer troops and in October 1940 entered military service in Bamberg with Panzer Regiment 35.
Mar 1, 2021 · Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a Company of Tigers at Kursk.
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Feb 23, 2018 · Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy. Richard Freiherr von Rosen. Greenhill Books, 2018 - World War, 1939-1945 - 411 pages.
