About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Panzer commanders, Tank aces, Hans von Luck, Michael Wittmann, Hubert-Erwin Meierdress, Franz Bake, List of aces of aces, Creighton Abrams, Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz, Rudolf Sieckenius, Ernst Barkmann, Dietrich von Saucken, Erich Hoepner, Ion Lazarevich Degen, Paul Egger, Kurt Knispel, List of World War II Panzer aces from Germany, Otto Carius, Jimmie Leach, Karl Brommann, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Zinoviy Kolobanov, Helmut Wendorff, Karl Korner, Alois Kalss, Oskar Schafer, Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, Heinrich Kling, Aleksandra Samusenko, Johannes Bolter, Hermann Bix, Wolfgang von Bostell, Kurt Hartrampf, Balthasar Woll, Friedrich Herzig, Hans-Jurgen Burmester, Erich Lowe, Erwin Bohlken, Willy Jahde, Hans-Joachim Weiflog, Helmut Hudel, Franz Staudegger, Friedrich-Wilhelm Breidenbach, Fritz Amling, Dmitry Lavrinenko, Karl Mobius. Excerpt: Hans-Ulrich von Luck und Witten (15 July 1911-15 January 1997), usually shortened to Hans von Luck, was a Colonel in the German Armored Forces (Oberst der Panzerwaffe) during World War II. He served with the 7th Panzer Division and 21st Panzer Division, seeing action in Poland, France, North Africa, Italy and Russia. He was a close associate of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel. He is author of the book Panzer Commander. Luck was born in Flensburg, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, into a Prussian family with old military roots, going back to the 13th century. Members of his family had fought with, among others, Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War. Luck's father, Otto von Luck, broke tradition by serving as a Naval officer during World War I and taking part in the Battle of Jutland. Following his father's death from the Spanish flu in 1918, Luck's adoptive father brought him up in the "Prussian" manner. On 1 April 1917 Luck...
