Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir Of General Raus, 1941-1945

Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir Of General Raus, 1941-1945 by Newton, Steven H.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780306812477.

Drawing from post-war reports commissioned by U.S. Army intelligence, World War II historian Steven H. Newton has translated, compiled, and edited the battle accounts of one of Germanys finest panzer commanders and a skilled tactician of tank warfare. Throughout most of the war, Erhard Raus was a highly respected field commander in the German-Soviet war on the eastern front, and after the war he wrote an insightful analysis of German strategy in that campaign.The Raus memoir covers the Russian campaign from the first day of the war to his relief from command at Hitlers order in the spring of 1945. It includes a detailed examination of the 6th Panzer Divisions drive to Leningrad, Rauss own experiences in the Soviet winter counteroffensive around Moscow, the unsuccessful attempt to relieve Stalingrad, and the final desperate battles inside Germany at the end of the war. His battlefield experience and keen tactical eye make his memoir especially valuable for scholars, and his narrative is as readable as Heinz Guderians celebrated Panzer Leader.