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Guderian’s Foxes – Aufklärungs-Abteilung 29 in Photos from Barbarossa to Typhoon – Hardcover
About Guderian’s Foxes – Aufklärungs-Abteilung: Prior to Operation Barbarossa, the men of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 29, elite recon soldiers of the motorized 29. Infanterie-Division with several campaigns under their belt, emblazoned their vehicles with a creeping fox insignia, a seemingly apt emblem because they, too, were cunning, stealthy and observant.
The heady opening days of the campaign
Yet once the campaign was in motion, it became apparent that gathering intelligence was closely connected with combat and casualties. But that was in the future. Before crossing the border into the Soviet Union and in the heady opening days of the campaign, they imagined they would always be out in front, sniffing a way forward, tracking their foe, feeling him out, yet avoiding confrontation. They would be foxes. Guderian’s foxes.
Jungermann became the unit’s photographer
Uniquely positioned on the staff to capture the battalion’s exploits was Gefreiter Karl Jungermann, a reluctant soldier whose father owned a photo shop. With access to film stock and processing facilities, Jungermann became the unit’s photographer. After returning ill from the Eastern Front in April 1942, he created a photographic report, in reality a “sales catalogue”, which his comrades could browse and use to order prints.
Jungermann’s voluminous archive
Jungermann’s original Guderian’s Foxes negatives, colour slides, the well-thumbed photographic report, stacks of individual photos and his diaries – forms the basis of this volume, all of it scrupulously researched, cross-checked and expanded using the war diaries of his parent division and supplemented with images from other sources.
Hardcover
High gloss paper
658 photographs (549 black & white; 109 colour)
21 maps and sketches
6 colour armour profiles
Guderian’s Foxes – Aufklärungs-Abteilung 29 in Photos from Barbarossa to Typhoon
370 pages 370
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Adolph-Buddha (Amazon Reviews)
Reviewed in the United States on 23 July 2024
Jason D. Marks and Leaping Horsemen have done it again. What a fantastic photo collection following the journey of Aufklarungs-Abteilung 29 into the Soviet Union. Images of warriors, equipment, officers and men as they traverse enchanting terrain. The book itself is beautiful with lightweight glossy pages making for great black and white and color photo transfer. Augmented by many color maps and limited text this volume meets previous high standards for Leaping Horsemen publications. Keep em’ coming!