A vividly written and gripping account of the desperate 1945 battle for Poznań, where around 15,000 German troops mounted fierce resistance against advancing Soviet forces determined to break a vital transport hub on the road to Berlin. Among the defenders was Siegert a gunner fighting from a disabled Tiger tank repurposed as a static pillbox. Drawing on Eastern Front veteran Richard Siegert’s testimony, it also reflects on his gruelling wartime experience and 4½ years as a Soviet POW.