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DER TIGER VOLUME 1 SCHWERE PANZERABTEILUNG 501

by Volker Ruff

Published by Volker Ruff. 1st. 2018

Nearly fine condition. A Pictorial Documentation of the German Heavy Tank Battalions 1942-45. Schwere Panzerabteilung 501 fought on the battlefields of Tunisia (North Africa), Russia, Poland and the Reich. Dual language: English & German. Large oblong format. B/w pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos.

A lovely copy.

ISBN: 9783981690804
Stock no. 1826153

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Contents

  • Introduction and Acknowledgement
  • Formation and Training
  • Railway station Fallingbostel, October 1942
  • The first crews take over >>their<< Tigers
  • North Africa - Tunisian bridgehead
  • Transport to Tunisia - North Africa Sea Transport lighters
  • First operations in the Tunis region Near El Bathan
  • Arrival of 2./501 Transfer to Manouba, near Tunis
  • Operation >>Eilbote<<
  • Surrounding Djebel Mansour und Solbia
  • Mine damage
  • Breakthrough southwest of Lake Kebir
  • Near Ksar Lemsa castle
  • Advance toward the Qussellia and Kairouan
  • Operation Fruhlingswind
  • Tiger No.01 and 02 - staff company s.Pz.Abt.501
  • Engine change
  • Operation >>Ochsenkopf<<
  • Beja Grave
  • Retreat from Beja
  • 7th.Kp. at El Jem
  • Reestablishment of s.Pz.Abt.501
  • Arrival at H.Gr. Mitte
  • Preparations January 1944 at Volosovo
  • Winter quarters, March 1944
  • Engine change without a crane tgruck
  • The Framework
  • Auxiliary stand and frame in detail
  • Operation >>Hubertus<<
  • Loewe-bridge
  • Fights on the roadway
  • Between Vitebsk and Orscha
  • Support vehicles of s.Pz.Abt.501
  • May 1944 near Orscha
  • Revitalisation and re-equipment with Tiger II
  • Baranow bridgehead

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