The Devils General (Td)

This is the story of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the "Panzer Graf" (Armoured Count). An aristocratic Silesian, whose ancestors had faced the Mongols at Leignitz, Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. After fighting with the Freikorps and in between the wars, he was serving with the 1st Panzer Division when the Polish campaign inaugurated World War II.



Leading from the front, his exploits as commander of a panzer battalion earned him further decorations during the French campaign. Transferred to the newly formed 16th Panzer Division, he participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia and then Operation Barbarossa where he earned the Knight's Cross. The following year, during the advance on Stalingrad, he won the Oak Leaves for destroying 270 Soviet tanks at Kalach. Now commander of a regiment, he reached...show more



Format Hardback - 368 pages

Dimensions 152 x 229 x 33.02mm - 725.75g

Publication date 20 Feb 2014

Publisher Casemate Publishers

Publication City/Country Philadelphia, PA, United States

Language English

Illustrations note 16 pages of illustrations

ISBN10 1612002226