Kampfzone Issue 8

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Contents of Issue 8:

Resisting Overlord: German Armour on D-Day
by Jason Mark
As panzer reserves were held back from the coast so as to be able to intervene against different landings sites, a motley assortment of armoured units – assault guns, Marders and rebranded French tanks – were expected to support hard-pressed infantry formations during the first vital hours and days as they resisted Allied forces coming from the skies and the sea.
Almost 22,000 words, 21 photos, 6 maps and 2 aerial photos

Stalingrad – “Just a Stormtroop Operation”
by Jason Mark
The quiet period in central Stalingrad was punctuated by raids launched by both sides. German forays were thoroughly planned. Soviet attacks, though hasty and seemingly futile, delayed and fundamentally affected German operations.
Over 4,000 words, 9 photos, 4 maps/sketches and 1 aerial photo

Biography – Leutnant Heinrich Banze, Feted Assault Gun Ace
by Jason Mark
After blunting a Soviet tank attack with his short-barrel assault gun in May 1942, Oberwachtmeister Heinrich Banze, 1./Stug.Abt.244, came to national attention thanks to reporters and photographers.
Over 4000 words and 9 photos

Ostfronnt – King Tigers in Klein Silber
by Richard Brouwer
In February 1945, a platoon of King Tigers from schw.SS-Pz.Abt.503 and some SS assault guns entered the Pommeranian village of Klein Silber to cut off a Soviet intrusion that aimed to reach the Baltic Sea.
Over 3000 words, 17 photos and 4 maps/sketches

In Their Words – Escape from Utah Beach
by Hans Rohweder
Survivors of the D-Day landings were encouraged to write experience reports in late 1944. One of them was Leutnant Hans Rohweder, a company leader whose unit was wiped out defending Utah Beach.
Over 2000 words, 5 photos and 1 map

Soldiers’ Lens – Cracking the Perekop Position
A large grouping of previously unidentified photos reveals the costly German effort to break through the Perekop isthmus into the Crimea.
40 photos and 1 map

• 101 photos
• 16 maps/sketches
• 3 aerial photos