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Helmut Hudel

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Helmut Hudel

Rank
  
Major

Years of service
  
1934–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Helmut Hudel
Born
  
4 July 1915 Raunheim (
1915-07-04
)

Commands held
  
508th Heavy Panzer Battalion Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130

Battles/wars
  
World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Battle of the Kasserine Pass Battle of Medenine Italian Campaign Operation Shingle Battle of Remagen Ruhr Pocket

Died
  
March 11, 1985, Frankfurt, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Operation Barbarossa

Helmut Erich Hudel (4 July 1915 – 11 March 1985) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients 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. Helmut Hudel was captured by American troops in April 1945 in the Ruhr Pocket.

Awards and decorations

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (1 April 1938)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (2 July 1941)
  • 1st Class (21 July 1941)
  • Panzer Badge in Silver (11 July 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939) in Black (1 January 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal (17 August 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 27 May 1942 as Hauptmann and chief of 1./Panzer-Regiment 7
  • 219th Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Panzer-Regiment 7

    • References

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