Wilhelm Thieke's memoirs present the history of the 3rd German Panzer Corps from its formation in 1943 until its complete defeat in the spring of 1945. The author reports in detail when, from which formations and for what purpose the 3rd SS Panzer Corps was created, talks about its commanders, preparation and course of battles in Croatia, in the area of the Oranienbaum bridgehead, in the Courland pocket, in the battles on the Oder, in the battle for Berlin. In a spare, unpathetic language, the author, himself a front-line soldier who fought as part of this corps, tells the difficult “trench” truth of the war. The book is equipped with maps and rare photographs.