Bruno Friesen

Panzer Gunner (eBook, ePUB)

A Canadian in the German 7th Panzer Division, 1944-45

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division

What it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front

Details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank

Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father in hopes of a better life. Friesen was drafted into the Wehrmacht three years later and ended up in the 7th Panzer Division. Serving as a gunner in a Panzer IV tank and then a Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer, Friesen experienced intense combat against the Soviets in Romania, Lithuania, and West Prussia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stackpole Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461751427
• Artikelnr.: 45133896

Autorenporträt

Bruno Friesen was born in a German-speaking Mennonite family who emigrated from the Ukraine to Canada to escape Communism. Bruno's father sent him and his brother to Germany in 1939. Friesen was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1942, and fought with the 25th Panzer Regiment until returning to Canada after the war.