Panzer Gunner by Bruno Friesen
Panzer Gunner is a unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division. Bruno Friesen explains what it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front and provides details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank. Six months before World War I erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father in hopes of a better life. Friesen was drafted into the Wehrmacht three years later and ended up in the 7th Panzer Division. Serving as a gunner in a Panzer IV tank and then a Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer, Friesen experienced intense combat against the Soviets in Romania, Lithuania, and West Prussia.
Friesen, Bruno: - Bruno Friesen was born in a German-speaking Mennonite family who emigrated from the Ukraine to Canada to escape Communism. Bruno's father sent him and his brother to Germany in 1939. Friesen was drafted into the Whermacht in 1942, and fought with the 25th Panzer Regiment until returning to Canada after the war.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906033118 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906033110 |
| Title | Panzer Gunner |
| Author | Bruno Friesen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Helion & Company |
| Year published | 2008-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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