August Burgholte

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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.

Awards and decorations

Sudetenland Medal (3 November 1939)

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (3 July 1941)

1st Class (9 March 1942)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black (31 December 1941)

in Silver (26 November 1942)

Eastern Front Medal

Panzer Badge (10 July 1941)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 December 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the 3. / Panzer-Regiment 102

References

August Burgholte Wikipedia

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