Once I Had a Comrade: Karl Roth and the Combat History of the 36th Panzer Regiment, 1939-45 :: R. W. Byrd

Once I Had a Comrade: Karl Roth and the Combat History of the 36th Panzer Regiment, 1939-45 :: R. W. Byrd soon to be presented for sale on the sparkling BookLovers of Bath web site!

Solihull: Helion & Company, 2006, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Includes: Black & white photographs (within the text); Organisational charts; Order of battle; Appendices (5);

From the cover: Once I had a Comrade is the story of the authors German father-in-law, Karl Roth, who grew up during the tumultuous 1930s in the Franconian town of Schweinfurt, located in northern Bavaria, and of his regiment, 36th Panzer Regiment.

When the Second World War began, he found himself conscripted into the army and assigned as maintenance private to the headquarters company of Schweinfurts new branch of service, the 36th Panzer Regiment, assigned to 4th Panzer Division until November 1940, 14th Panzer Division thereafter. They participated in the campaigns in Poland 1939, France 1940 and Yugoslavia 1941, before serving on the Eastern Front (southern sector) until destruction at Stalingrad 1943.

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. (xiii) 207 pages. Bibliography. 9¼” x 6″.

Of course, if you don’t like this one, may I enchant you with top-drawer choices of my Military History catalogue?

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