Charging Knights on the Eastern Front: The Combat History of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 Reviews

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Posted 4 years ago

“great book with many photos, some unknown”

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Posted 4 years ago

“This work does collect information from veterans of the unit but is lacking in new German documents that have more data on the unit's tank and anti-tank kill claims and losses. Also as regards color illustrations the unit emblem after Kursk was never used green or yellow colors since the new CO von B.family Knight on a Horse emblem used RED as von B told me when he sent a color drawing to me.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“This is an excellent book and although expensive it's very good value for money from the first page to the last. I can't think of a single photo in this book that I've seen published elsewhere and the text is first rate throughout. I bought this book to learn about 505 and as a modellers reference to help me construct my 1/35 Tiger 1 and 1/16 scale King Tiger kits. The book fulfils both ambitions perfectly.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Very interesting history , some photos poor . book OK but not up to usual quality from JJF , new printer in Poland a step down”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Thorough and well organized, using the official war diary of the unit and interspersing personal vignettes of unit members. Easy to read and gives a good insight into the day-to-day experiences and challenges of a tactical Wehrmacht armored battalion on the Eastern Front. The coffee table format is perfect to constantly return to the book. I must admit I already knew much of the history of my father-in-law Oberleutnant Majuntke, but was wonderful to have the history of his service with schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 put into a broader context. Were he alive, he would be honored and pleased to see his foreword to the book.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Lots of good photographs,excellent color plates and some first hand accounts of the units activities. I thoroughly recommend this book”

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