Panzer ace
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Panzer ace is a contemporary term used in English-speaking popular culture to describe highly decorated German tank commanders and crews during World War II. The Wehrmacht as well as British and Ameri
A Tiger I tank during the Battle of Kursk in June 1943. Most of the successful German tank commanders served in units equipped with Tigers during this period.
The grave of "panzer ace" Michael Wittmann and his tank crew in 2007
Michael Wittmann
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Michael Wittmann 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 1
Panzer ace
…English translations of German author Franz Kurowski's use the term in his Panzer Aces series, which focuses on highly decorated tank commanders such as Michael Wittmann and Franz Bäke. In the early 2000s, German historian Sönke Neitzel and American military author Steven Zaloga, amongst others, began to examine the…
Wittmann in May, 1944
Wittmann receiving the Swords to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross from Adolf Hitler in January 1944
Wittmann's company, 7 June 1944, en route to Morgny. Wittmann is standing in the turret of Tiger 205.
The wreckage of the British transport column Wittmann engaged, including an anti-tank gun in the foreground.