Gordon Williamson

Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1941-45 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Bujeiro, Ramiro

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The remarkable early successes of the armed forces of the Third Reich prompted the decision that the supreme decoration for personal valour or outstanding leadership - the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross - was insufficient. To mark further acts of gallantry a new distinction was created in June 1940: the Oak-Leaves clasp. Further decorations in the form of the Swords and, finally, the Diamonds were added. This second title in our series describes and illustrates a selection of recipients of the Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves between 1941 and early 1944, when the Wehrmacht was engaged on all fronts, as well as at sea and in the air.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472859594
• Artikelnr.: 66225178

Autorenporträt

Gordon Williamson is a retired civil servant who spent several years working for the Royal Military Police (TA). He has written over 60 military books, including a number of titles for Osprey: ELI 183 U-boat Tactics in World War II, MAA 434 World War II German Police Units etc. Amongst his primary interests are the German Navy in World War II, U-Boats, and the Military Police forces of the Allied and Axis armies. He lives near Edinburgh in Scotland.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION The institution of the Oak-Leaves clasp Description Award case
and documents
KNIGHT'S CROSS AND OAK-LEAVES RECIPIENTS Kapitänleutnant Hans-Diederich
Freiherr von Tiesenhausen Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Guggenberger Gefreiter
Günther Halm Generalmajor Walther Nehring Hauptmann Johannes Kümmel
Gefreiter Arnold Hübner Hauptmann Roland von Hösslin Oberleutnant Erhard
Jähnert Hauptmann Josef Rettemeier Oberstleutnant Maximilian von Herff
Hauptfeldwebel Wilhelm Wendt Major Helmut Hudel Oberstabsarzt Heinrich
Neumann Hauptmann Siegfried Jamrowski Hauptmann Heinz Meyer Oberfeldwebel
Rudolf Donth Oberleutnant zur See Siegfried Koitschka Oberleutnant
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt Hauptmann Johannes Steinhoff Leutnant Karl-Heinz
Bendert Hauptmann Arbogast 'Erbo' von Kageneck Major Günther Freiherr von
Maltzahn Oberleutnant Joachim MünchebergTHE PLATES INDEX