SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann the legendary Nazi tank ace (1914-1944) sits on the armor of the Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger I heavy tank.
SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann became famous in the battles of Kursk, when the July 5, 1943 on the first day of the Battle destroyed eight Soviet tanks and artillery guns 7; all in the Battle of Kursk in his account there were 30 tanks and 28 guns.
But worldwide fame for SS-Hauptsturmführer brought the fight in the French town of Villers-Bocage in June 13, 1944, he was for a few minutes in its Tiger I heavy tank number 007 at the head of the other five tanks crushed the exploration of the 7th Armoured Division British. In this battle, the German tankers destroyed 25 British tanks and 28 other armored units.
By June 14, 1944 SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann Nazi tank ace destroyed 138 tanks and 132 guns.
SS-Hauptsturmführer Wittmann died August 8, 1944 in a battle near the town of St. Aignan de Cramesnil. The most common version – the side of Tiger I heavy tank of SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann hit by a shell from a powerful gun from the American Sherman Firefly medium tank, because of which the ammunition exploded, instantly killing the tank of SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann and his crew.
In 1987, the French road services, which dealt with the extension of the road, came across an unmarked grave. It remains of the SS-Hauptsturmführer the Nazi tank ace were found, which was the greatest of all time a tanker. Now the SS-Hauptsturmführer Wittmann was buried in the soldier’s cemetery in La Cambio.