Nickname(s) "Girgl" Name Georg Audenrieth | Years of service 1937–45
1955–69 Service/branch German Army | |
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
West Germany Rank Feldwebel (Wehrmacht)
Hauptfeldwebel (Bundeswehr) Unit 3./Gebirgsjager-Regiment 99 Battles/wars World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Uman
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Rostov (1941)
Battle of the Caucasus
Battle of the Sutjeska
Budapest Offensive
Operation Fruhlingserwachen Died January 15, 1999, Mittenwald, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France | ||
Georg "Girgl" Audenrieth (20 July 1917 – 15 January 1999) was a highly decorated Feldwebel in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a Hauptfeldwebel 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. Georg Audenrieth was captured by American troops in 1945 and was released in 1946. In 1955 he joined the Bundeswehr and retired in 1969 as a Hauptfeldwebel.
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