Closely escorted by fighters
living up to their name Riesenflugzeug - Giant Aircraft
The German forces there however believed Girg and his men to be Seydlitz agents (German soldiers working for the Soviet forces) and they were taken to be shot
during the initial hours of Operation Crusader
flying the flag of Commodore Horatio Nelson
The Tigers Roar, Malinava, Latvia, July 22nd 1944 by David Pentland. (APC) NRG911 Closely escorted by fightersDHM1422APC. The Tigers Roar, Malinava, Latvia, July 22nd 1944 by David Pentland. 1st Lieutenant Otto Carius commanding 2nd Company of the 502nd heavy tank Battalion, with eight Tigers, advanced towards the village of Malinava (a northern suburb of Dunaburg) , to halt the Russian advance. Following a reconnaissance Lieutenant Otto Carius explained his plan to take the village. He decided to attack using only two tanks because there was only one narrow