Tigers in the mud : the combat career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius

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Intro; Front Matter; Contents; Publisher's Acknowledgments; Foreword to the English-Language Edition; Dedication; Foreword to the German Edition; The Fatherland Calls; In Napoleon's Wake; The First T34s; Back With the Old Gang; A Catastrophe; In Brittany; Portrait of the â#x80;#x9C;Tigerâ#x80;#x9D;; On an Express Train to the Leningrad Front; Defensive Battle at Newel; Map 1; Retreat to the Narwa; â#x80;#x9C;Old Fritzâ#x80;#x9D;; The Front Held at Narwa; Map 2; Calm Before the Storm; Ivan Attacks; Mutiny in the Bunker; â#x80;#x9C;Operation Strachwitzâ#x80;#x9D;; The Night Was Hell; Fact or Fiction?; In Praise of the â#x80;#x9C;Tigerâ#x80;#x9D Failure and FarewellPhoto Section; Knight's Cross at the Hospital; MAP 3: Attack against the â#x80;#x9C;Judennaseâ#x80;#x9D;; The German Fighters Didn't Show; â#x80;#x9C;Report immediately to the unitâ#x80;#x9D;; Refusal to Obey Orders; Defensive Fighting at Dünaburg; The Ambush; A Fateful Difference of Opinion; Knocking on Death's Door!; Rapid Recovery in the Hospital; A Visit with Heinrich Himmler; The Catastrophe Looms; The Ruhr Pocket; The Chaos Grows; A Strange City Commandant; Approaching the End; The Heathens are Often the Better Christians; In Closing; Afterword to the English-Language Edition; Glossary; Documents Notes to First Six DocumentsDocument 1: After-Action Report; Document 2: Technical After-Action Report; Document 3: After-Action Report for the Period from March 17 to 21, 1944; Document 4: Secret; Document 5: After-Action Report on the Employment of the staff, 2nd Company, and 3rd Company of the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion in the Area of the 18th Army in the Period from June 24 to 30, 1944; Document 6: After-Action Report on the Employment of the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion in the 16th Army Sector from July 4 to August 17, 1944; Appendix; Index; Other Titles in the Series; Back Cover