Panzers on the Vistula Retreat and Rout in East Prussia 1945
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Panzers on the Vistula Retreat and Rout in East Prussia 1945

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Full Title

Panzers on the Vistula Retreat and Rout in East Prussia 1945
Author(s)

Hans Schäufler
Edition
ISBN

9781526734327, 9781526734310
Publisher

Pen & Sword Military (ORIM)
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

This WWII memoir of a Nazi officer is one of the most revealing firsthand accounts of the German retreat on the Eastern Front. A second lieutenant of the 4th Panzer division, Hans Schäufler commanded a Jagdpanther tank destroyer in rearguard actions against the Red Army in East Prussia in 1945. Then, as an infantryman, he took part in the doomed defense of Danzig before escaping across the Baltic in a small boat. His personal story offers a rare glimpse into the chaos and suffering endured by tens thousands of soldiers and civilians during the collapse of the Third Reich in the east. Along with vivid descriptions of the appalling conditions in Danzig and the fear and panic that gripped the city, Schäufler’s account provides valuable insight into the German army’s tactics as they fell back before the Soviet advance. While acute shortages of men, equipment, ammunition and fuel crippled the defense, the soldiers went on fighting for a lost cause in the face of certain defeat.<

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