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Years of service
  
1914–19 1939–45

Name
  
Diedrich Bruns

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 16

Service/branch
  
German Army

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

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant of the Reserves

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of the Bzura Battle of the Netherlands Operation Barbarossa Crimean Campaign (1941–1942) Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Belgrade Offensive

Died
  
October 29, 1988, Oldenburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland

Diedrich Bruns (17 March 1897 – 29 October 1988) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant of the Reserves 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Sudetenland Medal
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (17 August 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Crimea Shield
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • German Cross in Gold (5 February 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 August 1942 as Major of the Reserves and commander of II./Infanterie-Regiment 16

    • References

    Diedrich Bruns Wikipedia
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