Tiger Battalion 507: Eyewitness Accounts from Hitler's Regiment

Written by Helmut Schneider and Robert Forczyk

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell

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 editorial committee under Helmut Schneider, himself a veteran of the battalion, to search for as many survivors of the unit as possible and gather their reminiscences. The resulting account is a treasure trove of first-hand material, including personal memories, diary entries, and letters.

The account follows the unit from its formation in 1943 and the catastrophic events on the Eastern Front, through battles on the Western Front and engagements against the American 3rd Armoured Division to the confusion of retreat, panic-stricken flight and Soviet captivity in the closing stages of the war. Honest and unflinching, this remarkable collection of autobiographies offers a glimpse into life in Hitler's panzer division and is a stark testimony of a generation that sacrificed its best years to the war.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Aug 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9781705234808

Reviews for Tiger Battalion 507

[Keith Greene · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

What a terrible choice for a narrator. He sounds like a slow idiot with a speech impediment that makes listening to this awesome book impossible. There is also an extremely long foreword that clearly isn't by the author and just craps all over the book before you even get to it.

[John Nottestad · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Well read! I enjoyed the story, it had multiple views throughout.