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August Koch

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Nickname(s)
  
"Aute"

Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Hauptmann

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1935–45

Name
  
August Koch

Born
  
14 May 1914 Sondershausen (
1914-05-14
)

Died
  
6 January 2003(2003-01-06) (aged 88) Weimar

August "Aute" Koch (14 May 1914 – 6 January 2003) was a highly decorated Hauptmann 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 Koch was captured by Soviet troops in 1945 after the Battle of Poznan. He was released in 1946.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 February 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of a Kampfgruppe in Festung Posen

    • References

    August Koch Wikipedia
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