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📸 Leutnant Hans-Georg von Tiedemann who, at only 19 years of age, commanded a squadron of panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 in Stalingrad.
On 20th December 1942, von Tiedemann was wounded in the head by shrapnel and flown out of the Stalingrad pocket.
He was decorated with the Iron Cross First and Second Class, General Assault Badge, Wound Badge in Gold, and Close Combat Clasp in Silver. He died on June 21, 2011, in Hannover.
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On 20th December 1942, von Tiedemann was wounded in the head by shrapnel and flown out of the Stalingrad pocket.
He was decorated with the Iron Cross First and Second Class, General Assault Badge, Wound Badge in Gold, and Close Combat Clasp in Silver. He died on June 21, 2011, in Hannover.
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📸 SS-Unterscharführer Paul Klose - Third Battle of Kharkov, March, 1943.
Klose was a platoon leader in the Leibstandarte SS who led his men into the assault of the "Maidan Dzerzhynskoho", known to the Germans as the Red Square in the center of Kharkov, which, after the battle, will be renamed the Leibstandarte Platz.
Klose is seen here wearing a "sheep leather" jacket while holding a grenade and a cigarette in his hand.
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Klose was a platoon leader in the Leibstandarte SS who led his men into the assault of the "Maidan Dzerzhynskoho", known to the Germans as the Red Square in the center of Kharkov, which, after the battle, will be renamed the Leibstandarte Platz.
Klose is seen here wearing a "sheep leather" jacket while holding a grenade and a cigarette in his hand.
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📸 SS-Unterscharführer Paul Klose - Third Battle of Kharkov, March, 1943. Klose was a platoon leader in the Leibstandarte SS who led his men into the assault of the "Maidan Dzerzhynskoho", known to the Germans as the Red Square in the center of Kharkov, which…
📸 SS-Obersturmführer Rudolf Garscha.
Garscha served in the heavy artillery regiment 2 of the SS Das Reich division. He was the commander of a mobile artillery that was often very close to the front lines, and many times Garscha faced down charging enemy attacks by lowering the barrel of his mobile artillery (the Hummel self-propelled gun) and firing right into the charging enemy.
Due to the constant contact and success of Garscha's battery, he was awarded the German Cross in gold.
In the photo, Garscha is wearing a camouflaged tunic displaying his German Gold Cross, the Close Combat Clasp in Bronze, the General Assault Badge, the Wound Badge in Silver, and the Iron Cross.
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Garscha served in the heavy artillery regiment 2 of the SS Das Reich division. He was the commander of a mobile artillery that was often very close to the front lines, and many times Garscha faced down charging enemy attacks by lowering the barrel of his mobile artillery (the Hummel self-propelled gun) and firing right into the charging enemy.
Due to the constant contact and success of Garscha's battery, he was awarded the German Cross in gold.
In the photo, Garscha is wearing a camouflaged tunic displaying his German Gold Cross, the Close Combat Clasp in Bronze, the General Assault Badge, the Wound Badge in Silver, and the Iron Cross.
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📸 U-boat commander Otto Kretschmer seen with Adolf Hitler after receiving the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, November 12, 1940.
During Kretschmer's career as commanding officer of U-23 and U-99 submarines, he sank 47 allied ships, making him the highest-scoring U-boat commander of World War II.
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During Kretschmer's career as commanding officer of U-23 and U-99 submarines, he sank 47 allied ships, making him the highest-scoring U-boat commander of World War II.
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