The Western Front 1944: Memoirs of a Panzer Lehr Officer
Helmut Ritgen
On June 6, 1944, British, Canadian and American forces land in
Normandy. The German Panzer Corps, ordered to push them back
into the sea, began advancing toward the front. Follow Colonel
Ritgen as he relates his personal experiences in the elite Panzer Lehr
Division fighting the Allied onslaught from the hedgerows of France to
the forests of the Ardennes.
Colonel Ritgen gives a clear first hand account of what it was to face
the Allies in the British and American sectors in Normandy; the retreat
through Falaise; the defense of the West Wall and the German
Offensive in the Ardennes. A truly unique account of the fighting in
Western Europe with a view from the German side.
Hardcover, 329 pages, 110 black & white photos, 30 maps &
diagrams.
Price: $42.00