Panzer ace
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Panzer ace is a contemporary term used in English-speaking popular culture to describe highly decorated German tank ("panzer") commanders and crews during World War II. The Wehrmacht as well as British and American militaries did not recognise the concept of an "ace" during the war. The similar term, tank ace has been used post-war to describe highly regarded tanks commanders.
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
SS-Oberscharführer Rudolf Roy, 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing
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J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing is a Canadian publishing house that specialises in literature on the German armed forces of the World War II era. Its authors are both popular history writers such as Paul Carell and Franz Kurowski, along with the war-time veterans, including Kurt Meyer of the SS Division Hitlerjugend and Otto Weidinger of the SS Division Das Reich.
SS commander and subsequent Fedorowicz author Otto Kumm (front row, left) on tour of the Mauthausen concentration camp with Heinrich Himmler (center), June 1941.