This book is the only book to ever be written about Erwin Meierdrees, one of the most successful Panzer commanders of the SS. Serving in Totenkopf, he fought at all the major battles from Kharkov, Kursk, Poland before being killed in action in Hungary as a battalion commander. A detailed biography of this unique officer is ably accompanied by over sixty period photos (some of which have never been published before) and documents of the time pertaining to Meierdrees, allowing an unparalled glimpse into his service on the war-torn fields of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe..