Michael Wittman at the battle of Kursk
Grenadiers of the Foot Guards in Full Dress
he was one of only two to achieve over 300 victories
The British column of tanks failed to reach its objective
Operation ELLAMY
Forty Eight Hours, Wajsma, Central Russia, 11th - 12th December 1942 by David Pentland. (P) ART183 Michael Wittman at the battleDP0150P. Forty Eight Hours, Wajsma, Central Russia, 11th 12th December 1942 by David Pentland. Wachtmeister Fritz Amling was a gun commander in 3rd Battery, Sturmgeschutz Battalion 202, in the Wajsma sector of the front at the start of the Soviet Operation Mars. During the first days fighting Amling, along with his gunner Bruno Guskowski, accounted for 24 enemy tanks, five of these in one minute! By the end of the second day, despite being wounded