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Friedrich Strohm

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst (Posthumously)

Name
  
Friedrich Strohm

Years of service
  
1927–44

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 470

Born
  
17 December 1908 Bous, Germany (
1908-12-17
)

Died
  
24 September 1944(1944-09-24) (aged 35) Lyck, East Prussia

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Friedrich Strohm (17 December 1908 – 24 September 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst 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. Friedrich Strohm died on 24 September 1944 in Lyck, East Prussia. He was posthumously promoted to Oberst and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 18 October 1944.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (23 August 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (28 November 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943 as Major in the III./Grenadier-Regiment 480
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 October 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 18 January 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 480
  • 613th Oak Leaves on 18 October 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 470

    • References

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