{"id":1938,"date":"2025-08-01T03:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2025-08-14T23:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:35:30","slug":"battle-stations-tiger-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/?p=1938","title":{"rendered":"Battle Stations &#8211; Tiger Attack!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1938\" class=\"elementor elementor-1938\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9208ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b9208ea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ffb80fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ffb80fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Although &#8220;Allied narrator&#8221;, this is a great video showing the legendary German super tank- Tiger! A brief walkthrough of German armor doctrine, constant in development- resulting ultimately in the Tiger heavy tank. It also features the incredible war hero Michael Wittmann. He became one of the highest decorated soldiers of the war, and 3rd Reich war heroes- archieveing an incredible &#8220;allied score card&#8221;. He remains one of- if not THE best tank commander of all time!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477140f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"477140f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-title\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"#\">Michael Wittmann<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5eddf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5eddf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>April 22, 1914 &#8211; August 8, 1944.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tank ACE<\/strong> &#8211; Destroyed 138 enemy tanks and numerous other enemy vehicles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-044a0fb e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"044a0fb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8007a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c8007a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wittmann.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1944\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wittmann.jpg 442w, https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wittmann-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d820cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d820cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Michael Wittmann<\/b> was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. Wittmann 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, he destroyed up to fourteen tanks and fifteen personnel carriers, along with two anti-tank guns, within the space of fifteen minutes. The news was picked up and disseminated by the Nazi propaganda machine and added to Wittmann&#8217;s stature in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Wittmann was born on 22 April 1914 in Vogelthal, Bavaria, Germany. Between 1934\u20131936 he served in the German Army. In October 1936 Wittmann joined the SS. On 5 April 1937, he was assigned to the regiment, later division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). A year later, he participated in the annexation of Austria and the occupation of Sudetenland and joined the Nazi Party.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdb3f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcdb3f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a165746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a165746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wittmann became a cult figure after the war thanks to his accomplishments as a &#8220;panzer ace&#8221; (a highly decorated tank commander) as part of the portrayal of the Waffen-SS in popular culture.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9941d10 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9941d10\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b206b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b206b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. (Random picture from the web). Michael Wittmann recieved MANY more rewards and medals during the war. Some was given directly from Der F\u00fchrer!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b33c01 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b33c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/500px-BmRKELS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1974\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/500px-BmRKELS.jpg 500w, https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/500px-BmRKELS-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d40bd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title\" data-id=\"0d40bd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-section-title qodef-decoration--italic qodef-link--underline-draw qodef-subtitle-icon--left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although &#8220;Allied narrator&#8221;, this is a great video showing the legendary German super tank- Tiger! A brief walkthrough of German armor doctrine, constant in development- resulting ultimately in the Tiger heavy tank. It also features the incredible war hero Michael Wittmann. He became one of the highest decorated soldiers of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deutsche-panzer","post_format-post-format-video"],"tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3019717f-d9f2-4b44-bac7-6717f26afc01-jpeg.jpg",1200,610,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3019717f-d9f2-4b44-bac7-6717f26afc01-jpeg-700x610.jpg",700,610,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3019717f-d9f2-4b44-bac7-6717f26afc01-jpeg-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3019717f-d9f2-4b44-bac7-6717f26afc01-jpeg-300x153.jpg",300,153,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3019717f-d9f2-4b44-bac7-6717f26afc01-jpeg-768x390.jpg",768,390,true],"large":["https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3019717f-d9f2-4b44-bac7-6717f26afc01-jpeg-1024x521.jpg",830,422,true],"default":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"August 1, 2025","get_modified_date":"August 14, 2025","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":61,"name":"Deutsche Panzer","slug":"deutsche-panzer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":61,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":41,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":[{"term_id":40,"name":"Video","slug":"post-format-video","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_format","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"}]},"author_name":"lk","author_url":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/?author=1","author_email":"lassekristensen@hotmail.com","author_website":"http:\/\/truthawakens.net","author_description":"","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"Lasse","author_lastname":"Kristensen","user_login":"lk","author_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03aefce3fc0248096d248cea67ccfa02f7c93fb7f0697f2026fe6054d5c627b6?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03aefce3fc0248096d248cea67ccfa02f7c93fb7f0697f2026fe6054d5c627b6?s=400&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-200 photo' height='200' width='200' decoding='async'\/>","author_avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03aefce3fc0248096d248cea67ccfa02f7c93fb7f0697f2026fe6054d5c627b6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","comment_count":0,"post_likes":0,"post_views":0},"tpgb_post_category":{"category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/?cat=61\" alt=\"Deutsche Panzer\" class=\"category-deutsche-panzer\">Deutsche Panzer<\/a> ","post_format":"<a href=\"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/?post_format=video\" alt=\"Video\" class=\"post_format-post-format-video\">Video<\/a> "},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2037,"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/2037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthawakens.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}