| Caption | Tiger I heavy tank of the German 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' in the suburbs of Kharkov, Ukraine, date unknown ww2dbase | |||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
| Added Date | 7 Sep 2006 |
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2. Lucian says:
7 Mar 2011 03:23:22 AM
SS-Obersturmführer Egger started the war in the Luftwaffe but an injury in a Bf109 during the Battle of Britain forced a 'career' change! He survived the war being highly decorated and wounded 9 times.
7 Mar 2011 03:23:22 AM
SS-Obersturmführer Egger started the war in the Luftwaffe but an injury in a Bf109 during the Battle of Britain forced a 'career' change! He survived the war being highly decorated and wounded 9 times.
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6 Mar 2011 03:46:11 AM
This picture must have been taken between January and april 43 when Das reich where instrumental in the capture of Kharkov at that time. This tank is commanded by SS-Obersturmführer Egger.