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Erich Schroter

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Years of service
  
1924–42

Role
  
Military Officer

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Erich Schroter

Died
  
May 26, 1942

Rank
  
Major

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
I./Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorized)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Rostov (1941) Second Battle of Kharkov

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Erich Schroter (25 June 1904 – 26 May 1942) was a highly decorated Major 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

  • Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (14 September 1939)
  • Danzig Cross
  • 2nd Class (14 September 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (23 June 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (4 September 1941)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (1 July 1940)
  • Eastern Front Medal (10 July 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 September 1941 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorized)

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