Tiger Battalion 507

Product Description

May the army of millions of dead of all nations bear witness to humanity for the hope that future generations may learn to discard war as the best way to resolve their differences.

This is the little-known story of Heavy Panzer (Tiger) Battalion 507 told through the recollections of the men who fought with the unit. 

The book was conceived during a reunion of the 507' at Rohrdorf in 1982, where it was agreed to set up an editorial committee under Helmut Schneider, himself a veteran of the battalion, to search for as many survivors of the unit as possible & gather their reminiscences. 

The resulting account is a treasure trove of first-hand material, from personal memories, diary entries & letters to leave passes, wartime newspaper cuttings, Wehrmacht bulletins & more than 160 photographs. 

The account follows the unit from its formation in 1943 & the catastrophic events on the Eastern Front, through battles on the Western Front & engagements against the American 3rd Armoured Division to the confusion of retreat, panic-stricken flight & Soviet captivity in the closing stages of the war.

Product Information:

• ISBN: 9781784386313
• Author: Helmut Schneider
• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 24.9 x 17.8 x 2.8cm