Otto Carius
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Otto Carius (27 May 1922 – 24 January 2015) was a German tank commander in the
World War II
Carius graduated from school in 1940, a year following the commencement of the
At the beginning of 1945 he was made commander of a
He is considered a "panzer ace", credited with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks; most of his kill claims were on the Eastern Front.[4] He claimed in his autobiography that his gunner shot down a soviet plane attacking their tank, possibly an IL-2 with a Tiger I's 88mm main gun in late 1943 on the Eastern Front.[5]
Later life
After the war, Carius studied pharmacy at Heidelberg University and set up a pharmacy which he named the "Tiger Apotheke" as a tribute to the Tiger tank. He also authored a book about his wartime experiences called "Tigers in the Mud", which was released in 1960. Carius ran his pharmacy until retiring in 2011. He died on 24 January 2015 at age 92.[6]
Works
- Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 September 1942) & 1st Class (23 November 1943)[8]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Panzer Badge in Silver 2nd Grade (15 July 1944) & 3rd Grade (1 September 1944)[10]
- Wound Badge in Black (8 July 1941), in Silver (15 December 1943) & in Gold (11 September 1944)[2]
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "Otto Carius". The Times. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8117-2911-6.
- ^ Stockert 2012, p. 124.
- ^ George Forty "Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II" p. 103.
- ^ Mocanu, Adrianh (19 March 2020). "When A German Tiger Tank Shot Down A Russian Plane". Defensionem - The War Bible. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Otto Carius, Famous German Panzer ace of WWII, dies at 92". 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Otto Carius: Doromamire no tora". The Hayao Miyazaki Web. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Thomas 1997, p. 97.
- ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 257.
- ^ Carius 2003, Document 27
Bibliography
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Stockert, Peter (2012). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 6 [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 6] (in German) (3rd ed.). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. OCLC 76072662.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
External links
- Otto Carius – Hitler’s Tank Ace. Opinion about Americans. Biography and Facts Archived 2023-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Tigers in the mud, book read out loud, Youtube
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