Panzerkampf im Zweiten Weltkrieg

Hasso von Manteuffel was one of our gifted tank commanders who, as a professional soldier and passionate horseman, came into contact with the Panzertruppe very early on and put the first regulations for fast armored troops into practice under the creator of the Panzertruppe, later Colonel General Guderian. First as commander of a rifle battalion, then as regimental and brigade commander, he fought in the West and East as part of the 7th Panzer Division - Erwin Rommel's famous 'ghost division'. Under his leadership, great successes were achieved. With a combat group, he crossed the Moskva-Volga Canal at Jachroma and stood close to Moscow's gates. When he took over the 7th Panzer Division, the period of great tank raids in the vastness of the Soviet Union began. In attack and defense this division stood its ground and was to fin everywhere there.