Barely two months after leaving the Eastern Front, Michael Wittmann and the Leibstandarte found themselves in Normandy facing the Allied invasion in June 1944. A week after D-Day, Wittmann achieved his greatest success, single-handedly destroying more than a dozen British tanks and preventing an enemy breakthrough near Villers Bocage. He was killed several months later while leading a Tiger battalion against an Allied assault. The Leibstandarte went on to fight at the Battle of the Bulge and in Hungary and Austria before surrendering in May 1945.
About the AuthorPatrick Agte also wrote a biography of another renowned tank commander, Jochen Peiper.
Book InformationISBN 9780811733359
Author Patrick AgteFormat Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Stackpole BooksPublisher Stackpole Books