To The Gate Of Hell

A Memoir of a Panzer Crewman. A graphic first-hand account of the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Armin Bttger served as a radio operator in the 24th Panzer Division As well as serving on the Eastern Front, particularly during the Soviet advances after the Fall of Stalingrad, the author also served in France and Italy The author was a keen photographer indeed, when he baled out of his burning Panzer IV he took his Kodak Retina camera with him instead of his pistol Many of these previously unseen images feature in this book The story of an ordinary soldier in incredible times