Paul White
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Major General of the Waffen SS Kurt Meyer who describes the battles he participated in during World War II. He commanded a motorcycle company, a reconnaissance battalion, a Grenadier regiment and an SS panzer division. The combat units of the PanzerMeyer, as he was nicknamed in the troops, were participants in hot battles: the invasion of Poland, France, the occupation of the Balkans and Greece, participants in fierce battles on the Eastern Front and the Normandy campaign, where the division was almost destroyed.
In the first half of this audiobook Meyer tells of his battles on the Eastern front. In the second half he talks about the Western front in which he battled against the invading Canadians. He is highly critical of the Canadian tactics and regards them as badly led and unable to exploit obvious weakness in the German positions. "In none of the Canadian manoeuvres could you see the talent of a great commander...".
In the first half of this audiobook Meyer tells of his battles on the Eastern front. In the second half he talks about the Western front in which he battled against the invading Canadians. He is highly critical of the Canadian tactics and regards them as badly led and unable to exploit obvious weakness in the German positions. "In none of the Canadian manoeuvres could you see the talent of a great commander...".