THE TIGER PROJECT A SERIES DEVOTED TO GERMANY'S WWII TIGER TANK CREWS BOOK TWO HORST KRONKE SCHWERE PANZER (TIGER) ABTEILUNG 505

Book Type: C, O

Series edited by Dale Rutter. This series delves into the inner workings of Germany's most fearsome panzers of WWII, the Tiger and Tiger II. These books are about the men who crewed these battlefield behemoths. Based mainly on interviews, personal diaries, and recollections, the series will present the German Tiger and King Tiger crewmen as soldiers who had the opportunity to serve as a member of a crew and units that fielded this extraordinary weapon. This series will include all levels of soldiers from the Tigerabteilung commanders, down to the drivers, loaders, gunners, and radio-operators. Each book is an oversize hardcover. BOOK TWO: HORST KRONKE: SCHWERE PANZER (TIGER) ABTEILUNG 505 C,O, As with the first book in this series covering the experiences of Alfred Rubbel, this second book is strictly the story of one man: Horst Krönke. The story combines the experiences of Krönke with approximately 400 photographs (most which are unpublished), hand-drawn maps, and original documents, to tell the story of a veteran of Germany’s elite panzerwaffe and feared Tiger tanks. His initial experience was in training with Panzer Ersatz Abteilung 5. From there he was assigned to Panzer Regiment 6, of the 3rd Panzer Division and experienced the opening of the war in Russia. Krönke was in action on the Eastern Front through the end of 1942 at which time he was sent back to Germany to attend officer cadet and then officer’s schools. Upon his return to the front and Panzer Regiment 6 he was sidetracked by an old comrade and was incorporated into schwere Panzer Abteilung 503. At that point Horst was introduced to the new Tiger tank and served with a Tiger unit, transferring to schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 to serve with his brother, until the end of the war. Over 400 b/w photos. 224 pp.