Allegiance Nazi Germany Unit Panzer-Regiment 6 Service/branch German Army | Years of service 1934–45 Name August Burgholte Rank Oberfeldwebel | |
Battles/wars World War II
Annexation of the Sudetenland
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Bialystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Moscow
Second Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Kursk
Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive Died July 14, 1982, Hanover, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France |
August Burgholte (25 September 1914 – 14 July 1982) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel 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. August Burgholte was captured by British troops in 1945.
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