Panzer Destroyer: Memoirs of a Red Army Tank Commander

Panzer Destroyer Memoirs of a Red Army Tank Commander Author:Vasiliy Krysov Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:6" x 9.25" Pages:224 Photos:30 black and white Illustrations Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781526748485 The day after Vasiliy Krysov finished school, on 22 June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and provoked a war of unparalleled extent and cruelty. For the next three years, as a tank commander, Krysov fought against the German panzers in some of the most intense and destructive armoured engagements in history including those at Stalingrad, Kursk and Knigsberg. This is the remarkable story of his war. As the commander of a heavy tank, a self-propelled gun - a tank destroyer - and a T-34, he fought his way westward across Russia, the Ukraine and Poland against a skilful and determined enemy which had previously never known defeat. The ruthlessness of this long and bitter campaign is vividly depicted in his narrative, as is the enormou