# Michael Wittmann

> A Waffen-SS tank commander whose fifteen-minute ambush at Villers-Bocage in June 1944 became one of the most argued-over actions of the Second World War — celebrated by some as tactical genius, dismissed by others as overstated myth.

*German Waffen-SS tank commander*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/michael-wittmann

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1914-04-22
- **Died:** 1944-08-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Michael Wittmann was born on 22 April 1914 and rose through the ranks as a German tank commander in the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. On 13 June 1944, commanding a Tiger I at Villers-Bocage, he ambushed elements of the British 7th Armoured Division and destroyed up to 14 tanks, 15 personnel carriers, and two anti-tank guns in roughly fifteen minutes before losing his own tank. Hitler personally upgraded his Knight's Cross with oak leaves on 2 February 1944, when Wittmann's credited total stood at 117 tanks; by war's end that figure reached somewhere between 135 and 138, though German tank kills were recorded as unit tallies and the numbers remain disputed. He was killed in action on 8 August 1944. After the war he became a cult figure as a "panzer ace," though historians remain split — some praise Villers-Bocage, many call his abilities lacking and the legend inflated.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Journalist, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wittmann)
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- [Michael Wittmann (SS-Mitglied)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wittmann_(SS-Mitglied))
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