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- Michael Wittmann (22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944.
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Michael Wittmann (22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944.
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Thanks to the skilled machine of Nazi Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels, Michael Wittmann was a national hero in wartime Germany. He was born just before the start of World War I, on April 22, 1914, the son of a farmer. As a young man he served two years in the German Army before enlisting in the SS, joining the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, a re...
The battle in which Wittmann met his doom was part of the larger action surrounding Operation Totalize, a British offensive aimed at capturing the high ground around the city of Falaise. German forces were gradually being trapped in a pocket nearby and seizing Falaise would help seal that pocket. The operation was under the command of Canadian Gene...
To the north, the British waited to advance. One of their units, the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, was an armored unit equipped with M4 Sherman tanks. This unit had formed a task force with a battalion of the famous Black Watch. Together they had seized the town of St. Aignan the night before. During the battle the tanks of A Squadron engaged four...
The western side of the Delle de la Roque orchards was occupied by A Squadron’s 3 Troop. The unit was led by a Lieutenant James and was slightly understrength, having three standard Shermans and one Firefly, commanded by a Sergeant Gordon. A hedgerow lined with trees provided cover to the troop’s tanks as their crews watched for the enemy through g...
The troop commander, Lieutenant James, decided to take command of Gordon’s tank and continue the fight. It was a prudent move since the Firefly was the only tank able to take on the remaining Tigers. He dashed to it from his own Sherman, running through the German fire and climbing up the vehicle and into the hatch. Once there he ordered the driver...
The details of the battle as they are conveyed here are contested by some, though this is largely accepted as the most likely version of events. When Joe Ekins opened fire on the rearmost Tiger he could see, there were other tanks firing at them from the Sherbrooke Fusiliers at a range of about 1,100 meters. When he engaged Tiger 007 a few minutes ...
- First Years of Action. Even though Wittmann showed enthusiasm and ambition to be a tank driver, due to his rank and inexperience (and despite his talent), he was attached to a recon unit within the 1st SS-Panzer Division.
- The Eastern Front – The Path to Glory. After a successful campaign in the Balkans, where Wittmann proved his value driving a Stug III (especially in Greece), his division was transferred to assist the German troops on the Eastern Front.
- A Genius Gunner. Michael Wittmann wasn’t the only one contributing to the success and superiority of German armor ― he was always surrounded by a hand-picked top notch crew.
- Meanwhile, back on the Eastern Front… As the Soviet counter-attacks started to push out the Germans out of Russia, the only one who seemed not to be affected by this turn of events was Michael Wittmann.
Seated atop the 88mm cannon of his Tiger I heavy tank, Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann sports the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves at his throat. The oak leaves were awarded to the Tiger ace on January 30, 1944, following an impressive combat record on the Eastern Front.
Sep 12, 2017 · Michael Wittmann was a panzer ace. The Making of an Ace. In 1934, the 20-year-old Michael Wittmann joined the German infantry. He left two years later and entered the SS, where he served in Hitler’s elite guard, the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH).
Biography of Michael Wittmann, a German armored soldier and ace of the Second World War, who distinguished himself during the Battle of Normandy in 1944.
SS-Hauptsturmführer (SS-Captain) Michael Wittmann (22 April 1914 - 8 August 1944) was considered the most successful tank commander of the Second World War - a perpetuating myth of Nazi propaganda. He died in the hard-fought battles following the successful Allied landing Operation in Normandy, which began on 8 August 1944.
