Machine gun bullets could not harm the tiger, now arrogantly destroying the British vehicles as it cruised along the column... In the market square personnel carriers were driven into side streets to clear the area. On the road the vehicles were halted awaiting futher orders. Just below the crest of point 213 commanders were making frantic efforts to bring their vehicles out of the confusion all round them and to get them into action. Wittmann saw them and appreciated the threat which they might pose. He decided to switch targets...
Language
English
Pages
124
Format
Paperback
Release
December 19, 1998
ISBN 13
9781899765119
Death in Normandy: The Last Battles of Michael Wittmann
Machine gun bullets could not harm the tiger, now arrogantly destroying the British vehicles as it cruised along the column... In the market square personnel carriers were driven into side streets to clear the area. On the road the vehicles were halted awaiting futher orders. Just below the crest of point 213 commanders were making frantic efforts to bring their vehicles out of the confusion all round them and to get them into action. Wittmann saw them and appreciated the threat which they might pose. He decided to switch targets...