Michael Wittmann

✶April 22, 1914

†August 8, 1944

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Michael Wittmann was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. While in command of a Tiger I tank, Wittmann destroyed up to 14 tanks, 15 personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns within 15 minutes before the loss of his own tank.

German tank commander (1914–1944)

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Biography from the article Michael Wittmann on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.