Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII, Volume 2, 2021 Edition

German panzer commander Michael Wittmann is one of the most famous so-called "tank aces" of World War II, credited in some accounts with more than 250 Allied vehicles destroyed. This continuation of his story follows Wittmann and Waffen-SS armor into Normandy, where he entered military history legend and became a cult hero in Nazi propaganda for his ambush of British tanks at Villers Bocage on June 13, 1944. Wittmann was killed in combat two months later. Patrick Agte's account relies on official documents, newspaper clippings, orders of battle, and maps to reconstruct the final months of Wittmann's career. In the years since 1945, Wittmann's reputation has come under question, not only because of his affiliation with the Waffen-SS and his portrayal by the Nazi propaganda machine, but also because of historians' reassessments of his actual tactical skills. Stackpole republishes this volume in the spirit of contributing to this reevaluation of Michael Wittmann and of "knowing the enemy." Book jacket.