Aged nineteen, Helmut Schneider volunteered for the Panzer Arm in March 1941. He was one of the first five men sent to the Eastern Front. He next moved on to the panzer grenadiers where he was sent to fight the US Army on the Western Front. His decorations included the Panzer Assault Badge and the Iron Cross Second Class.
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This is the little-known story of Heavy Panzer (Tiger) Battalion 507 told through the recollections of the men who fought with the unit. The book was conceived during a reunion of the '507' at Rohrdorf in 1982, where it was agreed to set up an edit... SEE MORE