The young commander of the reconnaissance squadron, Hans von Luck, was one of the first to take part in the fighting of World War II and ended it in 1945 at the head of the remnants of the 21st Panzer Division a few days before the surrender of Germany. Poland, France, the Eastern Front, North Africa, the Western Front and again the Eastern - these are the stages of the combat path of a tank commander who served for a long time under Erwin Rommel and enjoyed the special trust of the famous “Desert Fox”. Written with unusually vivid and skillfully drawn details from a direct eyewitness - Colonel of the Wehrmacht tank forces, - his memoirs have become a classic among the variety of literature dedicated to the Second World War. The book is addressed to all lovers of military history and will certainly be of interest to the average reader - simply as a good literary work.