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{Download PDF} Panzer Aces II: Battles Stories of German Tank PANZER ACES II: BATTLES STORIES OF GERMAN TANK COMMANDERS OF WORLD WAR II PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Franz Kurowski,Governor General of Canada David Johnston | 496 pages | 01 Oct 2004 | Stackpole Books | 9780811731751 | English | Mechanicsburg, United States Franz Kurowski - Wikipedia Those 7 Years based and redpilled. Those 7 Years 12 Jan, pm. Jamil My comment? Considering it says you're from Sweden I'd imagine the offense much be strong, Achmed. Those 7 Years 11 Jan, pm. And here we are now. With Germany and Modern Europe beisieged by rapefugees. We could use some Wittmans, and Pools right about now, I'd pay to see Tiger 1s and Shermans defending border crossings. Nice post Succ, great info! Share to your Steam activity feed. You need to sign in or create an account to do that. Sign In Create an Account Cancel. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Some geospatial data on this website is provided by geonames. View mobile website. Only his impressive track-record saved him from ending up in a military prison. The online game, World of Tanks names a gunnery award after him. Sign In Don't have an account? Kurt Knispel File:Kurt Knispel. Contents [ show ]. Kurowski, Franz July Feldwebel Kurt Knispel Flechsig ed. Kurowski, Franz 15 Oct Patzwall, Klaus D. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, ISBN X. Januar bis 9. Categories :. The details of his novels and semi-fictional accounts was accurate regarding minor technical details, but their content was often inauthentic and withheld important contextual information from the reader. Antisemitism , German war crimes , the repressive nature of the German government, and the causes of the war were not mentioned. Historians Ronald Smelser and Edward J. Davies , in their work The Myth of the Eastern Front , characterise Kurowski as one of the principal Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS "gurus", or authors popular among the readers who romanticize the German war effort on the Eastern Front, and in particular the Waffen-SS, alongside authors such as Richard Landwehr , an ardent admirer of the Waffen-SS, and the far-right writer and publisher Patrick Agte. Kurowski's works were published in Germany since , but remained inaccessible to English-speaking audiences. Fedorowicz Publishing , whom Smelser and Davies describe as a leading publisher of war-romancing literature, released Kurowski's two popular works, Panzer Aces and Infantry Aces , in the U. Kurowski gives the readers an almost heroic version of the German soldier, guiltless of any war crimes, actually incapable of such behavior. Sacrifice and humility are his hallmarks. Their actions win them medals, badges and promotions, yet they remain indifferent to these awards. The cover art evokes heroism, determination and might of the German soldier and his weapons. Kurowski produced numerous books featuring highly decorated personnel of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, including Luftwaffe pilots and U-boat commanders of Nazi Germany's navy the Kriegsmarine. Many of these were reprinted in the —s by the German publisher Flechsig Verlag. Kurowski wrote extensively about successful U-boat commanders, "U-boat aces" in his terminology, including Helmut Witte , Johann Mohr , and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. Der Einsatz der deutschen U-Boote im Mittelmeer Gray Wolves in Blue Sea: Deployment of the German U-boats in the Mediterranean ; according to the preface to this semi-fictional account, the book described the war "as it actually happened". The concepts of war are described in the terms of Nazi wartime propaganda, such as 'drama', 'tragedy' and 'fate' direct quotes from Gray Wolves. This not only has a war-trivialising effect, but also shows war as a desirable state". The "divine principle of war as a duty" and a "natural event" is a hallmark of such works, Wilking concludes. Afterwards, Kurowski was among the authors who held on to the details of the Nazi propaganda regardless of Rohwer's research results. For the series, Kurowski was listed as editorial staff. The series was reissued by Flechsig Verlag in the s under Kurowski's name. The term "war criminals" appears only in quotation marks; the "brilliant successes of the Wehrmacht" is the key theme, along with the "victimhood" and "downfall of German soldiers". Kurowski wrote several books that discuss the February Allied air raids on Dresden. In the context of the World War II bombing campaigns, Kurowski's interpretation of the air war and the Dresden raid hued closely to the account offered by Hans Rumpf, the German fire protection inspector during World War II and postwar author. Both Rumpf and Kurowski used the term "terror-bombing" exclusively to describe Allied air attacks, and presented the Luftwaffe raids against purely civilian targets as "retaliation attacks". In his writings, Kurowski emphasised that the Allied propaganda "hugely exaggerated" the effects of these raids. The Dutch historian Bastiaan Robert von Benda-Beckmann includes Kurowski in his discussion of the German historiography of the Allied bombing campaign. Similar to Irving, these authors were growing "more radical and determined in their beliefs"; they condemned the Allies as "brutal mass murderers". Fuller 's theory that the air raid on Dresden was a planned programme of genocide. Fuller, retired since , was a supporter of Oswald Mosley , founder of the British Union of Fascists. Kurowski's books use long-refuted numbers and statements, some of which date back to declarations from the Reich Propaganda Ministry. Bombs over Dresden included sixteen pages of supposed eyewitness reports long since identified as invented of low-flying aircraft hunting civilians, as German authors Lars-Broder Keil and Sven Felix Kellerhoff point out in their book Deutsche Legenden German Legends. Keil and Kellerhoff also criticise his use of a statistic of 60, victims that was allegedly provided by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Such official calculations, as described by Kurowski, did not exist. Kurowski started with a higher claimed number of casualties. In a article in the German periodical Die Welt , Kellerhoff referred to Kurowski's claims of , dead, allegedly from the Red Cross. Kellerhoff included Kurowski in the list of authors who provided highly exaggerated numbers, such as Fuller, who claimed the figure of half a million dead, and the German right- wing extremist and Holocaust denier Manfred Roeder , who gave the number of , dead. Kurowski's Bombs over Dresden reproduced the numbers of , dead, first released by the Propaganda Ministry on February 25, ; the undisclosed official German estimate at the time was 20, dead. This latter number became public in , and the widespread exaggerations have long been refuted. Kurowski's works strive to provide an experience of the war "as it happened", but his writing style often leads to embellishments and half-truths. Kurowski frequently mixes fact and fiction in his accounts, providing a distorted image of the German military and advancing the post-war concept of Nur-Soldat "merely soldier". Steam Community :: Guide :: Most Famous Tank Aces Of WWII Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Extensively researched, these gripping accounts follow the men and their tanks acro - Sequel to the well-regarded Panzer Aces - Chapters on Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Kurt Knispel, Karl Nicolussi-Leck, and other great commanders With the same drama and excitement of the first book, Franz Kurowski relates the combat careers of six more decorated German Panzer officers. Extensively researched, these gripping accounts follow the men and their tanks across three continents into some of World War II's bloodiest engagements. They campaigned with Rommel in the deserts of North Africa, participated in the monumental tank battle at Kursk, and, maneuvering only by muzzle flashes, fought frightening small-unit contests in the dark of night. Master tacticians and gutsy leaders, these men are legends. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published September 10th by Stackpole Books first published November 26th More Details Original Title. Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Panzer Aces II , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nov 10, Dan rated it liked it Recommends it for: War Studies Students looking for a break from dry history. The SS was more aware of and attuned to the German propaganda ministry, and as such its achievements were highly touted. Waffen SS units routinely provided the propaganda apparatus with exaggerated reports of battles and casualty figures of the enemy to help boost morale in Germany, especially as the Soviet resistance intensified and the cost in German lives increased. Propaganda units traveled with and operated with the SS. On April 10, Czech authorities confirmed that Knispel's remains were found among 15 other German soldiers behind a church wall in Urbau. He was identified by his dog tag. He fought in virtually every type of German tank as loader, gunner and commander. He was awarded the Iron Cross , First Class, after destroying his fiftieth enemy tank and the Tank Assault Badge in Gold after more than tank battles. When Knispel had destroyed enemy tanks with another 20 unconfirmed kills , he was awarded the German Cross in Gold. He became the only non-commissioned officer of the German tank arm to be named in a Wehrmacht communique. Though he was recommended for it four times, Knispel never received the coveted Knight's Cross, a standard award for most other World War II German tank aces. Unlike some other commanders, Knispel was not consumed by the pursuit of decorations and did not suffer from a "sore throat", Heer slang for those who lusted after the Knight's Cross.
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