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Carl Ludwig Blumenthal

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Years of service
  
1937–45 1956–74

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Carl-Ludwig Blumenthal

Born
  
20 December 1917 Luneburg (
1917-12-20
)

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
I./Grenadier-Ersatz-Regiment "Grosdeutschland"

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Voronezh (1942) Battle of Kursk Lower Dnieper Offensive

Died
  
March 9, 1989, Troisdorf, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Carl-Ludwig Paul Max Rudolf Blumenthal (20 December 1917 – 9 March 1989) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberstleutnant in the Bundeswehr. 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (13 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (13 June 1941)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black
  • in Silver (22 July 1940)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (27 October 1940)
  • Eastern Front Medal (8 September 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 September 1942 as Oberleutnant der Reserves and Chief of the 7./Infanterie-Regiment "Grosdeutschland"
  • References

    Carl-Ludwig Blumenthal Wikipedia