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Chapter 1 Thoughts of a General at the Beginning of the War with Russia |
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The First Step on a Long Journey |
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5 | (6) |
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11 | (3) |
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The Tank Engagement at Raziechow |
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14 | (17) |
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Chapter 2 The Assault of the 4. Panzer-Division from Gluchow to Orel |
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31 | (30) |
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The Duel along the Krassnaja Metscha |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (5) |
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Knocked Out at Fifty Below |
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51 | (10) |
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Chapter 3 When Ivan Came Out of the Cold |
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61 | (38) |
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The Wolves Are Coming: A Portrait of Russia in Winter |
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64 | (5) |
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The Major Setback: Advance to Sixty Kilometers South of Moscow |
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69 | (11) |
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Attacking Chatkowo in Ice and Snow |
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80 | (19) |
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Chapter 4 Tracks in the Snow: A Story of an Unforgettable Encounter |
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99 | (36) |
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With the 9. Panzer-Division on the Central Front |
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103 | (32) |
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Chapter 5 A Glance Back in Poetry |
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135 | (30) |
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The Final Fighting of the 16. Panzer-Division in the Stalingrad Pocket |
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140 | (25) |
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Chapter 6 Hannes, a Driver |
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165 | (22) |
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Partisans: A Story of Coexistence |
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167 | (4) |
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The Unlucky Ones: An Inglorious Tank Story |
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171 | (4) |
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Operation Citadel as Experienced from Hill 238.1 |
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175 | (12) |
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187 | (36) |
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With the 4. Panzer-Division from the Oka to the Beresina |
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191 | (32) |
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Chapter 8 Egg Diving at Slonim |
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223 | (16) |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (3) |
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Dangerous "Sleepwalking" in Kurland |
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230 | (9) |
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Chapter 9 Tank Attack on Blondmin |
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239 | (12) |
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A Lot of Luck and a Jagdpanther |
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244 | (7) |
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Chapter 10 Alpine Rose, Over! |
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251 | (12) |
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Chapter 11 Write Your Wills, Comrades! |
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263 | (10) |
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266 | (7) |
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273 | (10) |
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283 | (12) |
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The Withdrawal from Danzig |
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286 | (3) |
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Babylon in the Vistula Lowlands |
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289 | (6) |
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Chapter 14 Race to the Water |
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295 | (26) |
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299 | (4) |
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303 | (18) |
| Appendix A Rank Table |
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321 | (2) |
| Appendix B 4. Panzer-Division Order of Battle |
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323 | (4) |
| Appendix C 9. Panzer-Division Order of Battle |
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327 | (4) |
| Appendix D 11. Panzer-Division Order of Battle |
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331 | (4) |
| Appendix E 16. Panzer-Division Order of Battle |
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335 | (4) |
| Appendix F 18. Panzer-Division Order of Battle |
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