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Ernst Kruse

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Oberfahnrich

Service/branch
  
German Army

Years of service
  
1935–44

Name
  
Ernst Kruse


Born
  
1 October 1915 Egeln, Germany (
1915-10-01
)

Battles/wars
  
World War II 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 Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive Cherkassy Pocket Uman–Botosani Offensive First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive Lublin–Brest Offensive

Died
  
October 15, 1944, Serock, Poland

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Unit
  
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 „Der Fuhrer“

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Ernst Kruse (1 October 1915 - 15 October 1944) was a highly decorated Oberfahnrich in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Ernst Kruse was killed on 15 October 1944 near Serock, Poland.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (28 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (26 July 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Panzer Badge in Silver
  • Eastern Front Medal (1 September 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 19 January 1942 as Feldwebel in the 7./Schutzen-Regiment 3
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 6 October 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3
  • 245th Oak Leaves on 17 May 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3

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