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Albert Brendel

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst

Years of service
  
1914–19 1935–43

Name
  
Albert Brendel

Died
  
14 April 1943(1943-04-14) (aged 49) Stalingrad, Russia

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1919)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Infanterie-Regiment 274

Albert Brendel (8 December 1893 – 14 April 1943) was a highly decorated Oberst 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 Brendel was captured by Soviet troops at Stalingrad and died in captivity on 14 April 1943.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (15 March 1935)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (13 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (19 September 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 January 1943 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 274
  • References

    Albert Brendel Wikipedia