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Albert Blaich

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Years of service
  
1933–45

Name
  
Albert Blaich

Rank
  
Oberleutnant

Commands held
  
4./Panzer-Regiment 6

Service/branch
  
German Army

Unit
  
Condor Legion

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
See battles  Spanish Civil War World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Kursk Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation Operation Overlord Operation Konrad Operation Fruhlingserwachen

Died
  
March 15, 1945, Dabas, Hungary

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Spanish Civil War, Invasion of Poland

Albert Blaich (3 October 1913 – 15 March 1945) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Albert Blaich was killed on 15 March 1945 near Dabas, Hungary.

Awards and decorations

  • Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)
  • Panzer Badge of the Condor Legion (17 June 1940)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (12 March 1940)
  • 1st Class (22 April 1941)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black (31 July 1940)
  • in Silver (7 January 1943)
  • in Gold (19 August 1944)
  • Panzer Badge
  • in Silver
  • in II Class (19 December 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 July 1941 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) 12./Panzer-Regiment 6

    • References

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