By Helmut Ritgen
Textual content through Oberst a.D. Helmut Ritgen with unique wartime images by way of the writer. This well-informed account of the sixth Panzer department is principally worthy as the writer fought with the eleventh Panzer Regiment. It records the inception, formation and constitution of the department and chronologically follows its growth through the battle. The textual content is supported by means of color pictures taken by means of the writer in the course of international warfare II and provides a close exam of lifestyles within the Panzers while at the same time documenting their relentless growth. Feared by means of Allied squaddies and devastating of their rapid prosecution of the early battle the Panzers have been the trendy German scuffling with males; good built, fantastically inspired and unstoppably winning. until eventually the Allies have been in a position to consolidate their troops, re-engineer their apparatus and redraw their strategies the Panzers ruled Europe with a thunderous conquering energy.
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The torpedo-man and petty-officer torpedoman are at the for'ard torpedo tubes and there is another torpedoman aft. All this time the Commander is leaning against the rail at one corner of the bridge, his binoculars glued to his eyes and his long fair hair and beard hiding his face. He is like a being possessed, caught in the grip of our frenzied manhunt. " the torpedo-officer's shouting—the tubes are wet and their outer doors open. Meanwhile the engineer is reckoning the quantity of water we'll need to have in our tanks to correct the boat's trim after the torpedoes have been discharged.
After that we went to a U-boat school, where we were taught how to go alongside and dive, underwater navigation, methods of attack, and all about the interior of a submarine. In spite of all our experience on active service we had a great deal to learn. Anybody who first looks round a control-room is overwhelmed by the multitudinous shafts and wheels, whose bewildering array is liable to turn even engineers of other ships pale. 5-centimetre guns in the bows of our little training-ship—this proved the most popular part of the course and we enjoyed it thoroughly.
Try to contact. Watch out for survivors. Lower all lifeboats and pick up anyone you find. Flotilla Commander. Parachute flares shone through the night. Searchlight beams from more than ten U-boats, destroyers and ships in convoy criss-crossed over the waters, all in direct communication with each other, just as if they had been linked by telephone. The lives of fifty men were at stake. The Commander, one officer and three ratings were in fact shortly picked up. They said that while cruising surfaced they had been rammed by a submerged U-boat and sank at once.
