Panzer Gunner, Bruno Friesen
Panzer Gunner, Bruno Friesen
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Panzer Gunner
From My Native Canada to the German Ostfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45

Author: Bruno Friesen

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/17/2018


Synopsis

Panzer Gunner is a unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division. Bruno Friesen explains what it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front and provides details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank.

Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father in hopes of a better life. Friesen was drafted into the Wehrmacht three years later and ended up in the 7th Panzer Division. Serving as a gunner in a Panzer IV tank and then a Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer, Friesen experienced intense combat against the Soviets in Romania, Lithuania, and West Prussia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert on July 04, 2022

This was a WELL WRITTEN WELL THOUGHT OUT BOOK BY A SOLDIER FOR SOLDIERS. I read some of the written reviews..... THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO ADDRESS THE FEELINGS OF A CANADIAN FIGHTING FOR THE WERMACHT. NOR IS IT A TALE GRANDPA WOULD TELL. THIS WAS ABOUT HOW A PKW IV GUNNER OPERATED and some salient points......more

Goodreads review by Jason on April 02, 2013

I thought the subject matter was unique but the writing style was a little off-putting. The turn of phrase was not to my liking. You did get a view of what it was like to train for the role but the in depth analysis of transmissions and sighting reticles made it a little tedious in parts. I would re......more

Goodreads review by Amber on June 28, 2024

This is a hard one to review. Interesting perspective of a Canadian joining the German army but it was much too technical of a read. Plus the chapters on soldier farting and genital inspections really threw me while reading this.......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on February 14, 2021

I find the "story" as such mostly a display of technical data which would benefit someone in need of a research reference. Relatively uninteresting overall, except for some occasional injects of humor. Other than that, the author is essentially silent on the issue of someone born into a world diamet......more

Goodreads review by Colin O' Donoghue on November 18, 2018

Should have been one star! Not clear what the book was about and still remain baffled. Book contains a little about much that does not really have any bearing upon the the book title. What is not written about regarding this particular aspect of the war with Russia leaves the author wandering about......more