Wittmann v Ekins

The Death of a Panzer Ace

On the war-torn battlefields of Normandy in August 1944, two men participated in one of the most fearsome and controversial tank actions of the Second World War.  Decades later, the true identity of the man who knocked out Panzer Ace Michael Wittmann is still fiercely debated.  This DVD pulls together the facts, figures and personal accounts of the man who stood against this deadly opponent.

Michael Wittmann was a knight of the Nazi regime.  He was a highly decorated and accomplished soldier who wore the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.  Trooper Joe Ekins, a shoemaker from Northamptonshire, was a volunteer for military service.  He was a reluctant soldier in a county yeomanry armored regiment, while Wittmann served in the Waffen SS's elite Tiger Battalion.

Panzer Ace Wittmann had 138 tank kills to his name, including an impressive score against 7th Armored Division at Villers-Bacage early in the Normandy Campaign, where he destroyed 11 tanks and 20 armored vehicles in just one day.  However, by August 1944, the Allied breakout was gaining momentum and 1 SS  Panzer Corps were struggling to contain the British and Canadian troops as they battled towards Falaise.  In the fields south of Caen, Wittmann's Tiger and Ekins's Sherman Firefly were pitted against each other, but how was the Panzer Ace finally knocked out?

The DVD documents the remarkable career of Michael Wittmann from his involvement in Greece and on the Eastern Front to his distinguished action at Viller-Bacage.  Presented by Tim Sauders and Tom Dormer, accompanied by military vehicle expert Richard Hone, the trio travel to the battlefields of Normandy to follow the paths of these two soldiers to their meeting in battle.  Accompanied by analysis of the British and German vehicles used during the campaign, as well as detailed and exclusive interviews with Joe Ekins, the team shed new light on the mysteries surrounding Wittmann's death.

"DVD documentary of the final hours of SS LAH super hero Michael Wittmann in the vicious Normandy campaign following his greatest victory at Viller-Bocage where his lone Tiger stopped an entire British armored brigade by massacring it's leading battle group thereby keeping them from breaking through the German lines."
- Michael Kelly PzG Inc., President

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DVD019 - Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace

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Details: Approximate Running Time 1:17, English language.

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